And the rains came...
...the near continual rains and present flooding are producing great tragedies across huge swaths of our nation. We are sacrificing small towns and farms to save large cities. The loss in lives, in dollars, in history is incalculable.
Now, as the strong pull together to aid those less fortunate, is when the soul of our People is weighed. This is not a test of physical strength, but that of fortitude and caring. Once again, the essence of human experience is beyond measure.
America cares.
For those us not impacted, our compassion and prayers go out to those in peril… and our hearts mourn for the lost. May Creator’s arms surround and comfort each of you.
This is a time that changes lives forever.
We certainly are facing difficult and challenging times. These tragic floods and rains are extraordinary. But there have been greater deluges. In the last century our people have endured the Great Floods of 1927 and 1937.
All this liquid overburdening recalls the biblical account of Noah. Now, THAT was a flood!
One needs but to read of this epic deluge to understand what “impossible” is. Noah was of great faith and believed that if G_D said “build an ark,” he knew, through faith, that he had to accomplish this heroic task.
For many, When faced with the impossible, we believe it is just that, unachievable. Why try?” is the common reply. But in the end, there are those who rise above this thinking and search for options.
The oft quoted “The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer ,” surely is appropriate. This time proven quote of great merit should be our mantra whenever we are faced with challenges, large or small..
In Noah’s situation, he could have said to himself, “This can’t be done.” And “I quit.” But lets get into Noah’s head… he hesitated, and whined a bit, but he knew that to say no to G-D was not an option. Undoubtedly he had to rethink his perception of such a large task. He knew that he couldn’t do it all at once… but if he broke it down, into smaller, doable parts…
This was without doubt one of Noah’s “Ah Ha” moments.
As he studied each small element of the whole, he began to fit each piece into the “Ark Puzzle.” Piece by piece he began to eliminate the word “impossible,” and replace it with “I probably can.”
Now he had the situation doable.
Stick by gathered stick, a craft constructed cubit by cubit of gopher wood , soon became the ark G_D had instructed him to build. The “safe house” to secure the seeds of all of Creation for the long, dark float.
He did the “impossible” bit by bit.
Changing your perspective from “unachievable” to “doable,” changes the very chemical makeup of the brain. Endorphins and/or adrenalin kick in. Did he get an “endorphin rush?” Whatever what actually happened, Noah overcame. Noah didn’t stop, but persevered in this impossible task.
Through his faith, he biblically succeeded.
If the G_d that created Noah, also created us, then shouldn’t we too have equal faith? I am not suggesting that we are confronted with his challenges, but in our lives, we have what seems to be “impossible’ situations…
“I can never do that,
it is too hard…
too difficult…
it’s “impossible.”
Let us rather, take a page from Noah’s playbook and break down our ordeals into workable parts… take separate pieces and “chunk them together,” bit by bit.
Like the biblical story, when we eliminate the word impossible, all things are possible…. one step at a time.
Now it is your turn. What are your dreams?
Your challenge?
Your impossible possible something that you want to achieve?
Set your possible goals… achieve your maximum potential
Like Noah, It up to you.
You must believe in yourself.
I believe in you.
G_D believes in you.
You must believe… in yourself.
Now is YOUR TIME, your time to begin making YOUR DREAMS come true.
Set your goals high… “impossibly high”… then start by “chunking” then into reality… bit by bit.
You can “Achieve Your Maximum Potential.” Do it!
We are anxious to hear of your success over the “impossible” stories.
Write us (greatelk@gmail.com) and share your story.
Your story may be just the right story for our upcoming book of “Achieve Your Maximum, Making It Against All Odds.”
Thanks for spending time with me. I hope this was enlightening and energizing.
Your friend, the elk
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[i] Credited to several sources, the US Navy SeaBees, USAF, David Ben-Gurion and others.
[ii] Traditionally “gopher” wood was a particular species of wood. Many scholars believe that the translation from ancient to modern, there was a slight misinterpretation. "Gopher wood" is a misreading and scribal error. "Kopher" wood is correct and means wood (any wood) that is covered with Kopher. Kopher is bitumen. In the Genesis text (6:14), the context is clear. The GPR wood used, (a scribal error) is to be covered in KPR. The letters G (gimel) and K (kaf) in Hebrew are so similar as to warrant such “misinterpretation.”
Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/1613.html
#1613 גֹּפֶר gopher {go'-fer}- from an unused root, probably meaning to house in; TWOT - 374; n m1) cypress?, gopher, gopher wood
1a) wood of which the ark was made
1b) meaning and exact type unknown
