Remember, God can do the impossible.

I was flipping through an old journal this morning and came across a quote I had written on August 24, 2009:

“If your situation looks hopeless, remember God can do the impossible.”

I wrote those words after yet another failed procedure in our long journey to have children. I was heartbroken and exhausted. I wrote about how empty and frustrated and angry and grief-stricken I felt. I was mad at God for placing the desire to be a mother in my soul. If weren’t for that persistent longing for a child, the pain wouldn’t be so all-consuming. It felt impossible: infertility treatments weren’t working and adoption doors were slamming shut left and right. We were confused and edging toward hopelessness.

But, God.

He took a hopeless situation and did the impossible. Over the course of the next decade, we would watch God perform Red-Sea-parting miracles in order to graft together our little family. He took our deep sorrow and turned it into abundant, overwhelmingly beautiful, pure joy.

When I wrote those words eleven years ago, I never could have imagined all He had in store for Dave and I. I didn’t see the miracles coming our way and never, ever would have believed I‘d find myself on the other side of the valley surrounded by FIVE perfectly imperfect and hilarious and messy and loud and beautiful little ones who call me momma. I still pinch myself that this great honor of motherhood is really mine.

I’m sharing this because I know someone reading these words is in what feels like an impossible and hopeless situation. If I could go back eleven years and tell my younger self anything, I would say: just hold on, your story isn’t over yet. There is so much good in store. Keep on fighting for joy. Keep on believing and trusting and – no matter what comes your way – don’t ever, ever give up hope. Stand strong on this truth: God can do the impossible.

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