Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20 NIV).

I closed the last of the many wallpaper books I had looked at that morning. It was no use. I could not find the pattern I had seen and liked several days earlier. As I got up to leave the store, a book with nature scenes caught my eye. I love butterflies so I picked up the heavy book. Toward the back, in just the colors I needed, were pages and pages of butterfly patterns that I liked much more than the other pattern I had been trying so hard to find!

Several days later, I became discouraged by the numerous health problems that plagued me and began to feel that I had exhausted all possible solutions to restore my health. Suddenly, like a glimmer of sunshine, I remembered the incident in the wallpaper store. That day, too, I had been ready to give up, thinking there was no use looking any further. I had almost missed the solution to my problem―a solution better even than the pattern I had been looking for!

  My health problems have not disappeared, but I have courage now to go on. I know the solutions are there in the hands of One who is able to do more than I could ask or think! 

Thank you for giving me the courage not to give up, Father. Help me remember that nothing is too difficult for you. Amen.

(Devotional from Homespun Faith, Reflections from the Seasons of Life, copyright 2014 Daisy Beiler Townsend. Available as paperback or ebook: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Xulon Press. Locally at Fresh Grounds, M & M Grocery, Leanna’s Books, Penn Alps in Grantsville, Maryland, or from me 724-373-8445 or donaisy@neo.rr.com.)