Anything is Possible

Recently in an early summer’s evening I was watching the Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers to capture the NBA championship for the first time in twenty years. I was relieved to watch Kevin Garnett, one of my all time favorite players, finally get rid of the monkey of not winning a title that had been on his back for so many years.

While I was mesmerized by the sheer jubilation that Kevin was feeling he said “anything is possible!” These three words invaded my mind with such force I thought I was going rocket into the atmosphere. Those words lingered in my mind for months until election night when those words transformed from just a cliché into an unprecedented reality when the United States convincingly elected Barack Hussein Obama as the first African-American president.

I watched the elated look of millions of people from multiple races, genders, creeds, orientations, and socio-economic classes celebrating together in unity. Perhaps some were celebrating the breaking of another glass ceiling. Maybe some were celebrating the hope in a future in which health care and education can be affordable to all individuals. For many it was a celebration of the possibilities that their loved ones overseas may finally be coming home soon. The list goes on and on but there is certainly one constant: “anything is possible!”

When history was made last night I was inspired, not by a man and his tremendous accomplishment, but the resolve in humanity and our undying ability to grow. Finally, when I hear the words “anything is possible” I think of Christ in heaven watching all of this from above with a huge smile on his face as he laughs to himself saying “I told you so”.

Delta McGee