In the silent darkness of the early morning as I prepared to leave mom’s now empty house to catch my

plane, I asked God how would I ever make it. This is just too hard!

I was in Orlando—the sunshine state—not to catch the rays, but for a more solemn reason, to move my mom into a care center. Although I got bronchitis and sinusitis immediately upon arrival, I still had the task of cleaning out mom's house for renters. My sister was such a great support—really she’s been an angel in caring for my mom. God answered our insistent prayers, that in spite of her dementia, mom was able to make the transition fairly well--not without shared tears, but compliantly. I will miss calling her on my way to work in the mornings.

Grieving this change and fighting the symptoms of bronchitis and sinusitis while packing, I cried out to God, "This is too hard!" Suddenly my attention went to a tiny picture left above mom's kitchen stove. In that moment it seemed God was saying the words on that little wooden piece just to me, “Is anything too hard for the LORD?” Gen. 18:14. Tears flooded my eyes as I stood alone in her house and tucked those words into my bag.

God did the impossible that day. As I went to the ticket counter, I was given a window seat in first class (I was using accumulated miles for this trip!). If that wasn’t enough, I was given my favorite breakfast meal! After re-boarding in Dallas, I was again put in 1^st class and offered the last salad with salmon –again my favorite dish! I finally got it! God was pouring his love on me and re-assuring me that NOTHING is too hard for him. Including no coughing, blowing, choking, etc. the entire trip! Nearly two hours from home, tears began rolling down my checks while listening to praise music. Our incredible Creator had my full attention now and he was showing off the glory of the heavenlies—right outside my airplane window!

Once I returned home and opened my journal to record this, I found the last thing I had written before I left was—you guessed it! “Is anything too hard for the LORD?” Gen 18:14!!! God had given me that verse before I left.

So I ask you, as we enter this new year together, “IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?” Gen 18:14. I have needed this reassurance every day in 2010.

How about you?

Posted on 02/03/2010 by Bev Hislop filed under

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5 comments (Add your own)

1. Lynn wrote:: Thanks for the great reminder! It's so hard to remember sometimes when we get caught up in our bubbles and tend to forget that He's got it all under control.
I love how He showed his love to you. I don't often think of God loving me in those ways, but then again, maybe it's all in my perspecitve. Thanks for helping me to shift it a bit. :)
02/03/2010 @ 6:59 PM
2. Katherine C wrote:: I'll never forgot that day, either, when I walked for the last time through an empty home now merely a house after moving my father to foster care. He had lived there for over 65 years, many of them with the love of his life, my mother, before her death. Unless we've been there it is hard to articulate the unique feelings and many memories of years gone by. A unique loneliness that we must go thru alone but alas never alone as our Father stands with His gentle arm around us. Your well written comments, Bev, remind us of pain women experience that we over look often thinking of the more obvious pain women endure. BUT for women in our 50s/60s it is so common.
May we be sensitive to our sisters and brothers and stand beside them on this difficult and often long road. And yes...how true, is anything too difficult for our God? NO :-)
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