November 9, 2010

  • Believe the Impossible

    Alice:  This is impossible. 

    The Mad Hatter:  Only if you believe it is.

    I watched Alice in Wonderland on NetFlix this week.  (Yay for Netflix!)  I was struck at the beginning of the movie by Alice's comment to the Mad Hatter and his reply (quoted above).  I know it's odd but it reminded me of when the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and announced that she would be the mother of God's son.  Mary (probably shocked, confused, and stammering) asked Gabriel, "How can this be?  I am a virgin."  Gabriel responds, "Nothing is impossible with God." (Luke 1:37)

    What is the impossible in your life? 

    Choose to believe the impossible.  God wants you to know that nothing is so messed up that it cannot be fixed.  No relationship is too strained that God cannot bring reconciliation.  No addiction that cannot be overcome.  There is no mountain that God cannot move!

    Nothing is impossible with God.  

    Alice chose to believe the impossible and I think the Mad Hatter is quite right.

     Alice:  Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast. 

    The Mad Hatter:  That is an excellent practice.

    Alice in Wonderland photo