Perseverance and Possibilities

It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.

— Nicholas Sparks —

I originally shared this writing in May of 2017.

It speaks to what happens when we fully rely on Him when our world seems out of control…like it does right now.


I was about two weeks sober when reality hit me–I would never practice pharmacy again.

My problems with addiction led me to become a thief and a liar. In essence, I had stolen from and deceived my profession to feed my disease.

As much as the thought of losing my Pharmacy license killed me, I began having thoughts of what jobs I could take on to take care of my family once I got out of jail, “I liked to drive, maybe I could be a truck driver or maybe I could manage a Speedway or a McDonald’s?”

Then I started tapping into the most powerful force available to me–God. Both of my AA sponsors kept telling me to put my future in God’s hands and to focus on doing the next right thing on a daily basis.

I listened.

Here I am almost thirty years later doing something I love (helping people through my writings), after retiring at a relatively young age from my career as a pharmacist. I never went to jail and I never lost my pharmacy license. In fact, I ended up becoming a partner and the President of the pharmacy I was stealing most of my drugs from.

The biggest lesson I learned through all of this is God’s reality is not the same as our reality. I quit paying attention to the world’s ‘limits’ and ‘guarantees’ many years ago.

Today I focus on possibilities because of Him.

I humbly present this story as His representative for those who don’t believe His words in, Matthew 19:26, “Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (NIV)

P.E.A.C.E.

Jay@EagleLaunch.com

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