Doing the Impossible

I had an incredible Easter Sunday. I did almost nothing...all day. We went to church where we had some great time of worship and teaching. Then we went to brunch with my sister and her family and had a great time hearing about their recent vacation.

Then I spent almost six hours in front of the TV watching The Masters. I cannot remember the last time I was such a couch potato. It was great--the golf and the relaxation!

The tournament was very exciting all day long and ended with three players tied for the lead, Kenny Perry, Angel Cabrera and Chad Campbell. They went to the first sudden-death playoff hole which was number 18. Perry and Campbell hit perfect tee shots in the fairway while Cabrera sliced it right into the trees. He found himself with no shot whatsoever. He was directly behind a tree and needed an absolute miracle just to stay in the playoff.

He hacked away hoping for the best, but it was not to be. His ball hit a tree and deflected in a direction unknown to Cabrera. However, the ball bounced into the middle of the fairway just in front of the tee shots of Perry and Campbell. At that point, you just knew Cabrera's situation was impossible. He was lying around the same spot as his competitors but he had taken one more shot.

Well, the improbable happened. Cabrera took two shots to hole out while Perry took three and Campbell, four. That meant that Cabrera was still alive and that he and Perry would go onto the next hole, number 10. Cabrera ended up making par there which was good enough to give him the coveted green jacket.

I would have liked to have seen what odds a Las Vegas odds-maker would have placed on Cabrera winning this championship while he was up against a tree with no shot on the first playoff hole. It would have been somewhere around a gazillion to one. Yet, he won.

Perhaps, like Cabrera, you find yourself in an impossible situation right now. If so, this verse provides great hope:

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13