THE STRENGTH YOU NEED
TIME magazine once reported a story similar to ones we have heard
numerous times before. In this case, it concerns itself with a
woman in rural Florida (USA) who was recuperating from a lengthy
illness. She enjoyed sitting on her front porch in her wheelchair
and, on this day, she sat 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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