"One can't believe impossible things," "I daresay 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, Alice in Wonderland). I will confess to having never read Alice in Wonderland, but I adore this quote. What would happen we chose to believe in the "impossible" for 30 minutes a day? What if you replace the idea of impossibility with the idea of faith? What if for 30 minutes a day you had the faith to believe in the things you hope for? I wonder if you truly did that, if you would find yourself believing more than six "impossible" things before breakfast! My favorite definition of faith comes directly from Hebrews: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen," [11:1]. There are a couple of really strong verbs there. Ass...
Sometimes I think God needs to wake up our hearts. My hope through this blog is to help you do that! Every once and a while the Holy Spirit prompts...and I write! I pray you find my words encouraging and yet challenging at times!