I’ve always liked the story of the little train that thought he could make it up and over the hill. As he went upward he got slower and slower, but he kept saying, “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can,” and he did!
If you are friends with me on FB you know I enjoy taking pictures and this summer has brought me great joy. I have taken many pictures of the beautiful zinnias Doug planted in our yard. We’ve never had zinnias before, and I didn’t know of their beauty. I have taken several pictures of the zinnias and made online greeting cards with them.
A special treat this summer has been the beautiful butterflies who have frequented the flowers. I’ve dashed out and made pictures of several of them. Recently as the season is ending I looked out and saw a beautiful zebra butterfly on a magenta zinnia. As I went around the flower snapping pictures, I noticed something unusual about this little butterfly. Its wing was torn away partially on the left side. He was only there for a short time, and I stood in amazement as he fluttered to the sky and around the side of the house. I could tell he was having difficulty flying, but he could fly. He had a handicap, but he didn’t let it stop him. Perhaps he was saying to himself, “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can,” and he could because he believed he could. I wanted to say, “Good for you. You can do it!”
How many times do we let things hinder us because we don’t think we can do it? Fear is a dreadful hinderance. I’m confident we don’t know half of what we are capable of doing because we haven’t tried! I didn’t know I could paint pictures until a friend asked me to take a college painting class with her. I didn’t know I could letter charts for preachers freehand without stencils until my brother encouraged me to try. I didn’t know I could crochet until I tried.
We’re God’s greatest creation. We can do more than we think we can, if we try.
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