This evening my work ended for Christmas
at long last
but as I drove home
I felt subdued,
disappointed by my own performance.

I turned a corner in the road
and in the distance
I caught a glimpse
of my Two Balls,
the “Balls on the Falls”,
lit up by lights
in the dark, winter night sky.

Months ago,
I had watched the Two Balls
as they were slowly constructed
and had thought it impossible
for the smaller ball to slip
inside the bigger one.

I had been there
as a crane slowly lowered
the small ball inside the bigger one.
On that day
I had heard My God say to me,
“Nothing is impossible!”

This evening I felt My God
speak to me again,
gently reminding me,
“Claire, remember!
It’s possible!
Don’t be so hard on yourself.
We’ll do this together.”
And as I drove on
I felt reassured.

How many times
have I turned that corner
and have never seen
my Two Balls?
Yet they’ve been there
all the time.

I simply never thought to look!

© Claire Murray