"Alice in Wonderland"

Jesus said, "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? (Matthew 6:25-27 NASB).

It’s so amazing how God can use anything to speak to us if we’ll just listen! I was going through some of the Little Golden Books we have saved for Faith and Logan and found another book, Alice in Wonderland. I started to leaf through the pages and found the part of the story of her second encounter with the anxious white rabbit who has dropped his gloves and his fan and is quite frantic. Here is a portion of the story:

Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen — everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool, and the great hall, with the glass table and the little door, had vanished completely.

Have you noticed how much like the white rabbit we are at times in our lives? We reach that point when we believe that many things in our lives seem to have vanished completely. It may be your career, your friends, or your ability to participate in activities as you once did. They are simply gone! Some days I feel like that. It can be difficult not to look back and mourn. But at some point, we must turn and face forward and get on with it.

It is so easy to become overcome with what I have heard called “white rabbit anxiety” and spiral to the worst case scenario about the future. That’s where we can learn a great lesson from Alice. You see, she views her life as an adventure. And, even after numerous setbacks, she keeps on going. I know Alice is an imaginary character, and her life was scripted by the author. But, isn’t our life “scripted” by our creator? Weren’t we given certain gifts and abilities that He knew we would still be able to use after our tumble down our rabbit hole?

It’s always a challenge to view our lives as an adventure, however I am learning that even in the most difficult situations I can look to God and marvel at what He will do next.
You see, I believe in miracles. I’ve seen them happen so many times. We have a vast advantage over Alice. Oh, one other thing, for those of us who believe, our stories are never going to end. And we are guaranteed a happy ending! So look into the future and KNOW it’s going to be just fine! After all, God takes care of the little birds. We are much more loved than they are!