"Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things.""I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
~Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”
I could hardly believe my eyes last week as I was driving around town and noticed the pear trees are blooming. I had to do a double-take because it seemed so impossible. Odd because if you don’t know it already, pear trees only bloom once a year, and that’s in spring. Only Spring. Ever. And it’s not Spring. It’s October. And to make things even more interesting, it seems that only the sides of the trees that were exposed to the high winds of the hurricane are the ones blooming.
But Jesus looked at them and said, "For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible."
Matthew 19:26
I don’t know that I am as good as I should be at believing the impossible. It seemed easier when I was younger. Maybe like the Queen, I need to do more mind bending/belief stretching exercises with my morning coffee. Now, I pause and laugh at myself because the very heart of being and believing in Christ is to willingly surrender to the mystery and hope of what is seemingly impossible.
Daily Mantra to self: God makes the impossible possible.
He did it when he resurrected his Son. He’s doing it every day. Believing in the impossible doesn't come naturally to us humans. We have to work at it. My mind focuses on human-based impossibilities but my heart embraces God's wondrous possibilities. Maybe the answer is to focus on what is possible for God instead of what seems impossible to us...at least 6 times, every morning, and that's before breakfast.
I could hardly believe my eyes last week as I was driving around town and noticed the pear trees are blooming. I had to do a double-take because it seemed so impossible. Odd because if you don’t know it already, pear trees only bloom once a year, and that’s in spring. Only Spring. Ever. And it’s not Spring. It’s October. And to make things even more interesting, it seems that only the sides of the trees that were exposed to the high winds of the hurricane are the ones blooming.
But Jesus looked at them and said, "For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible."
Matthew 19:26
I don’t know that I am as good as I should be at believing the impossible. It seemed easier when I was younger. Maybe like the Queen, I need to do more mind bending/belief stretching exercises with my morning coffee. Now, I pause and laugh at myself because the very heart of being and believing in Christ is to willingly surrender to the mystery and hope of what is seemingly impossible.
Daily Mantra to self: God makes the impossible possible.
He did it when he resurrected his Son. He’s doing it every day. Believing in the impossible doesn't come naturally to us humans. We have to work at it. My mind focuses on human-based impossibilities but my heart embraces God's wondrous possibilities. Maybe the answer is to focus on what is possible for God instead of what seems impossible to us...at least 6 times, every morning, and that's before breakfast.
It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
~Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney
1 comment:
I can’t explain it –but I’m just happy to relax in the wonder of God’s creation. The white blossom, the clear blue skies and the wonderful drop in humidity since Ike make me appreciate God’s wonderful creation all the more. Sometimes, I think it is sad that I need something “strange” like this drive home the beauty that is all around me every day.
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