Impossibly Possible

"For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:37
"That's Impossible!" You've heard it, I've heard it, you've thought it, I've thought it, and probably we've all said it at one time or another. And to be matter of factly, on our own things may be impossible, but with God nothing is impossible...
Mary, a young virgin girl, was visited by the Angel Gabriel and told of the baby she would be having. Mary was young, but she was still old enough to know it takes 2 to make a child, so she was understandably confused. "Mary asked the angel, 'But how can I have a baby? I am a virgin." Luke 1:34. Gabriel began to unfold the reason why the impossible is possible. "The angel replied, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby born to you will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God." Luke 1:35. The angel must have sensed Mary stilled needed more justification, more explanation, and maybe a little encouragement from a friend, so he continues..."What's more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she's already in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:36-37. Gabriel explained a miracle: something only God can do which makes the impossible, Possible. He knew Mary would believe the miracle happening in her own life if she knew the miracle happening in Elizabeth's life. However, Mary could have still said, 'I have to see it to believe it. Let me just dial Elizabeth up and ask her if it is true.' (Just like our human instinct.) But instead Mary chose to believe. "Mary responded, 'I am the Lord's servant, and I am willing to accept whatever he wants. May everything you have said come true.' And then the angel left." Luke 1:38
Miracles are still happening everyday. They didn't finish when the Bible was concluded. But so many times we hear about lives being lifted out of a river after being trapped by a rock, a boy going to Heaven, money needed to pay your electricity showing up in your mailbox, a marriage unrepairable being restored, a tumor there one day and then gone the next, and you think That's Impossible. But nothing is impossible with God.
6 years ago, almost exactly, I was pregnant with my 2nd child. Everything was normal, nothing out of the ordinary, but in the 10th week of the pregnancy things just seemed different. By 11 and a 1/2 weeks I had miscarried. I was definitely devastated blaming myself for everything, but a friend reminded me, God had a plan. 2 and a 1/2 months later all I could think about was having a baby again, and something about be just felt different. So, I prayed earnestly to God, asking Him for a baby and promising my life in dedication to Him if He would just grant me this request. Even though I would have only been around 3 weeks along at this point I decided to go ahead and do a test to just see if it was positive. And it was positive! Immediately I called my doctor and he told me to go ahead and come on in.
After a quick exam and test, my doctor looked at me with a doubtful face saying, "I don't believe you are pregnant, you were pretty far along when you miscarried and it seems like your body is still showing your previous pregnancy." I looked at him with tears welling up in my eyes and said, "I know I'm pregnant. I can feel it. I Know It!" I just knew God had given me another baby, and I wasn't about to take no as an answer. So, my doctor said we could come back the next day and have a sonogram to check me out. One whole night couldn't have gone fast enough. Knowing, not knowing, confused!
First thing the next day, we walked in the door of the doctor's office, and immediately I was taken back for the sonogram. The tech looks at me and smiles, "You are definitely pregnant....Here's baby number 1 and here's baby number 2." "For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:37. With God it is always impossibly possible.