« One Life Sold to Highest Bidder | Home | What I Love About Summer »
The Possible Dream
By Christina Quick | July 2, 2008
“What are you pondering today?” I asked my daughter as she sat on my bed watching me get ready for work this morning.
It’s one of my favorite questions for her. I never know what answer I’m going to get. This child is always wondering about something or dreaming up a project of some kind.
“How are seedless grapes grown?” she asked on one recent day. “I mean, if there are no seeds, where do they come from?”
A few months ago my husband gave her a journal in which to record her thoughts and ideas. She quickly filled it up with observations, charts and diagrams of inventions she envisions, and questions about a variety of topics.
This morning was no exception. Turns out, she’d been thinking about the price of gas. She’s concerned about our country’s dependence on foreign oil. She worries that drilling and transporting oil in Alaska will hurt sea animals. And she’s mulling the idea of a gasless car that would use magnetic locomotion. She has even conducted some experiments with magnets to see how it might work. Not bad for a 9-year-old.
“Maybe,” she said, “a lot of the things people think are impossible really are possible. It could be that no one has thought about those things long enough or in the right way.”
As I pictured individuals like Wilbur and Orville Wright, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison, I had to agree.
My daughter may be on to something. Granted, we weren’t all destined to become famous inventors, but I wonder what would happen if we fully applied the gifts God has given us, while trusting Him completely with the results. What if we did all that with pure motives, seeking to serve others and honor God, rather than promoting ourselves? What if we truly had faith in God’s promises, even faith the size of a mustard seed instead of a seedless grape seed? What would be possible then?
If anyone asks, that’s what I’m pondering today.
Topics: Faith |
