For With God

In my daily devotional, Streams in the Desert, there's a story about a little flower that blooms from the soldanelle plant. This plant grows on the snow-covered Alpine mountains. Following is an excerpt from Streams.

     When spring came, life stirred even beneath its shroud of snow, and as the plant sprouted, it 

     amazingly produced enough warmth to thaw a small dome-shaped pocket of snow above its 

     head.

     It grew higher and higher, and as it did, the small dome of air continued to rise just above its 

     head until its flower bud was safely formed. At last the icy covering of the air compartment gave 

     way and the blossom burst into the sunshine. The crystalline texture of its mauve-colored petals 

     sparkled like the snow itself, as if it still bore the marks of the journey it had endured.

     This fragile flower sounds an echo in our hearts that none of the nestled flowers in the warm 

     grass of the lower slopes could ever awaken. Oh, how we love to see impossible things 

     accomplished. And so does God.

During this time in our lives this resonated deep within our spirit. Brett and I have felt as if we've been in a winter season for a while. You know, that time in life where you know where you want to be but it's not your time to bloom? The time has come for us to bloom! We are now pushing against the snow. We are in that time that lots of people call impossible. Sell your house during the holidays?! Impossible! Raise monthly support to live in South Africa? Impossible! Get everything done in the next 30 days? Impossible! But I'm here to remind these same people that I serve the God of the impossible! I serve the God of selling homes in the holiday season! I serve the God of provision! I serve the God of getting things done! I serve the God of the impossible!!!

For everything you may be facing, during whatever season of life you may be in, I want to remind you to cling to Luke 1:37 For with God NOTHING will be impossible!