Wednesdays in the Word: Verse J

The way God has ordained these verses to fall across my life has been nothing short of awe-inducing. Like I've told you before, I picked out these verses years ago, when I compiled them as a graduation gift for a friend. It's not a coincidence that as I rea d through them now...they are perfectly timed.

Here's this week's word of encouragement:

Monday night, I sat in the living room, stalking Lisa Harper's Twitter page. She was traveling home from Haiti with her newly adopted daughter, Missy. Lisa is single and has been working for two years to bring home a little girl who captured her heart.

Two. Years.

That's a lot of waiting. And a lot of paperwork.

And then suddenly...everything sped up and Lisa flew to Haiti and turned right around to fly home with little Missy. And an entire army of {very famous} friends arrived at the Nashville airport to welcome her home. {I mean really, it's not a bad day when Sheila Walsh AND Mandisa AND Todd and Angie Smith drop by to welcome you home!}

Throughout the end of that journey, Lisa would sum up every tweet and Instagram post with #onlyGod. I'm not a big fan of the hashtag, but I loved seeing those words at the end of each update. I loved being reminded that everything that seemed so impossible about this thing...was in no way impossible in the mind of God.

Lynne and I interviewed Lisa a little over two years ago, when she was in the process of adopting a baby yet to be born. She was so excited for her dream to be a mom to come true, and then the baby was born...and the birth mom changed her mind.

Lisa was crushed, yet she remained hopeful that God had a plan.

And He did. A little girl named Missy who not only needed a home...she needed Lisa's home. They even look alike. It's uncanny.

It truly is only God. And it will be amazing when Missy grows up and looks back and sees how very #onlyGod this journey to become Lisa's actually was.

I stalked the pictures Monday night and cried, not because I want a child...because that's not my deep ache. I cried because Lisa's answer to prayer boosted my own heart to remember that what looks impossible to me right now...is SO not impossible for HIM.

And what an AMAZING journey it will be when He brings about the answer in a way that ONLY He could do.

I want to leave you with 2 things:

1. Whatever your impossibility...it's not impossible to your God.

2. You'll never know when your journey becomes someone else's faith-booster. Live it well. Point to God.