CALL IT HOPE

Time magazine once reported a story that concerns itself with a woman
in rural Florida who was recuperating from a lengthy illness. She
enjoyed sitting on her front porch in her wheelchair and, on this
day, she was watching her son work under his automobile. He had raised
it on blocks of wood and removed the wheels.

Suddenly there was a lurch and the car fell on top of the boy! She
screamed for her husband who ran to assist, but he could not budge the
car. He climbed into his own vehicle and sped off for help.

The mother could hear that her son's groans were growing fainter and
she knew she must do something. But how? She hadn't walked in months.
Nevertheless, she realized that her son was dying before her eyes and
that she was the only one to help.

She raised herself shakily to her feet and walked unsteadily to the
car. Bracing herself, she lifted. The car raised a few inches, just
enough to let the boy scramble free. Then she collapsed.

After a thorough examination, she was found only to have suffered
strained muscles. But the incredulous doctor's words were most
telling: "I will always wonder," he said, "how far she might have
lifted that car if she had been well and strong!"

Call it a miracle or call it a reserve of strength activated by a
tremendous surge of adrenalin - this mother found what she needed to
face the crisis. And so it is with all of us. You have strength, given
by your Creator, to overcome seemingly impossible challenges ahead.
You may feel weak or unable to cope, but you have been designed with
sufficient power to meet those obstacles which may appear
insurmountable.

Call it what you will. I call it hope.

Steve Goodier


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