“It’s perfectly okay to accept that a situation may initially require more than what you can give it, but lacking a thing is not synonymous with being deficient in overcoming it.”
I have stood toe-to-toe with impossibilities and each time I’m reminded of my inadequacy and humanity. There are absolute limitations to my strength, wisdom, wit, intelligence, knowledge, and foresight. I truly don’t know it all and don’t have all the answers. I can see my daughters reading this with their mouths wide open in shock at that admission because they think that I think I know it all. I just know more than them (Ha ha girls). Nonetheless, it can be terrifying realizing that there are situations that are out of your control. Your mind begins to race, fear takes grip, and immediately one of two things happen. One, we fall prey to analysis paralysis. We analyze the situation to death trying to determine the how and why all the while we are stuck in our heads, sinking deeper in fear, grasping at some form of reasoning to make the impossible seem less threatening. Or, two, we learn to let go of what we never really had control over to begin with. We accept the reality that our confrontation with impossibility is really a confrontation with control. The sooner we relinquish that control, the sooner we are able to move forward in possibility.
There are incredible joys in this life like getting married, having children, finishing school, or getting your dream job. Those moments are precious because at their height we think of all the work we put in to make those moments happen. The planning, the waiting, the sacrifice, and the grind all contributed to the exhilaration and joy of the accomplishment. We’re zealous and completely convinced that this level of euphoria will never leave no matter what lies ahead because you’re convinced you know what lies ahead. You feel in control until life happens and the thing you didn’t think of, that impossibility, hits you square in the face. Now what? Well, first, let me be clear that an impossibility can be redefined. It’s perfectly okay to accept that a situation may initially require more than what you can give it, but lacking a thing is not synonymous with being deficient in overcoming it. The obstacle presents a possibility to grow and learn through hardship or distress.
” The same faith it takes to believe you can do a thing is the same faith it takes to believe you cannot.”
It took a while but I learned that every man has a measure of faith. The same faith it takes to believe you can do a thing is the same faith it takes to believe you cannot. The Apostle Paul states in the book of Hebrews that without faith it is impossible to please God. I was challenged by that statement because the truth is there have been scenarios in my life that made faith seem impossible, but was it? Was believing in the face of death, sickness, failure, or hurt impossible? The more I sat in the grief of those experiences the more I realized the faith I was putting in my feelings that kept me stuck in them. Faith in fear is not faith. It’s fear. That doesn’t please God. Faith in failure is not faith. It’s failure. That doesn’t please God. But faith in the promise that weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning. Now, that is a faith that pleases God and makes possible the impossible.
With Sincerity 