Impossible things
I woke up sick today. Went to bed sick last night. Fever, bodyaches, sore throat. My god daughter has strep. We had them to dinner last week, so two and two...
My son has gotten into a "situation". ("Situation" is mom-talk for big fat, I'd-knock-his-block-off-if-I-didn't-love-him-so-much-trouble), SO I'm having to drive him every day and pick him up from school. For those of you who do this as part of your daily routine, you're probably not impressed, but i hate not having one day at home where I don't have to leave my house. I don't, it's a Tracey thing. So along with the fuzzy, fever-glazed brain, I had to drive while semi-conscious. So all the way home (we live out of town), I was praying and singing songs to God to try to stay on his good side, should the brain fuzz get the better of me at the same time a big truck came barreling around any one of about a million curves on my road, marking the end of my charmed life. It never hurts to be prayed up and ready to face him.
I kept singing to God about ideas and following through and obeying him and trusting him. Ten minutes after I got home I got an impossible idea. Impossible because I can't possibly accomplish this thing. I'm not committed enough, not strong enough, not even 100% willing to try. Why do I know it's God's idea and not mine. Because it's impossible, I'm not committed enough, not srong enough and not 100% willing to try. That's the way it is with God. He plants these things in me...in us...and he makes the idea of succeeding very tasty. But success only comes with a lot of hard work, committment and trust. Oh and obedience. The pay off is oh-so-sweet. And he loves to give these goals to people like me. The typical Alice in Wonderland who has a lot of doubts and not a lot of follow-through. If the door is too tall, I cry and got gives me magic cake. If its too small, he gives me drink to make me smaller. He has everything I need in His hand. But I HAVE to reach out and take the hand.
What can God do with an Alice?
"There is no use trying." said ALice; "One can't believe impossible things."
"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, 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
Master Yoda said it like this. "Do or do not. There is no try."
Jesus said it best. "With man this is impossible. But with God all things are possible."
What impossible thing can you believe today?
My son has gotten into a "situation". ("Situation" is mom-talk for big fat, I'd-knock-his-block-off-if-I-didn't-love-him-so-much-trouble), SO I'm having to drive him every day and pick him up from school. For those of you who do this as part of your daily routine, you're probably not impressed, but i hate not having one day at home where I don't have to leave my house. I don't, it's a Tracey thing. So along with the fuzzy, fever-glazed brain, I had to drive while semi-conscious. So all the way home (we live out of town), I was praying and singing songs to God to try to stay on his good side, should the brain fuzz get the better of me at the same time a big truck came barreling around any one of about a million curves on my road, marking the end of my charmed life. It never hurts to be prayed up and ready to face him.
I kept singing to God about ideas and following through and obeying him and trusting him. Ten minutes after I got home I got an impossible idea. Impossible because I can't possibly accomplish this thing. I'm not committed enough, not strong enough, not even 100% willing to try. Why do I know it's God's idea and not mine. Because it's impossible, I'm not committed enough, not srong enough and not 100% willing to try. That's the way it is with God. He plants these things in me...in us...and he makes the idea of succeeding very tasty. But success only comes with a lot of hard work, committment and trust. Oh and obedience. The pay off is oh-so-sweet. And he loves to give these goals to people like me. The typical Alice in Wonderland who has a lot of doubts and not a lot of follow-through. If the door is too tall, I cry and got gives me magic cake. If its too small, he gives me drink to make me smaller. He has everything I need in His hand. But I HAVE to reach out and take the hand.
What can God do with an Alice?
"There is no use trying." said ALice; "One can't believe impossible things."
"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, 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
Master Yoda said it like this. "Do or do not. There is no try."
Jesus said it best. "With man this is impossible. But with God all things are possible."
What impossible thing can you believe today?
posted by Tracey Bateman at 9:41 AM
1 Comments:
I've seen you do so many impossible things thru God. I know you can do this!! Thanks for an uplifting blog entry. I really needed to hear this. ~ Love, C
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