FALL PROOF!

May the Lord's blessings be upon us all today~

Rayray is about to complete her internship for Occupational Therapy.  By the time she finishes about three weeks from now, she will have logged six months worth of patient care on babies all the way to senior citizens.  And perhaps because I am now officially in my fifties (Jesus, help!) she, more often than not, reminds me that a good majority of the folks in my age group need help because they have fallen down.  They trip, tumble, and slip on everything and anything.  And of course, as if to punctuate her expertise, the last two times I saw her I did indeed stumble over a shoe and then my own granddog, Tucker.

Falling can be scary and can result in serious injury, not only to our physical bodies but to our souls as well.  We can overreact and say something we regret forever throwing us into a tailspin of ugly emotions.  Or we can make a wrong turn in our spiritual journey and find it hard to get back on the right path. Just ask that dad who threw away a 25-year marriage and five kids for the temporary pleasures of a woman who left him three months after his divorce was final.  My own father is the one who did that, and all I can say is that succumbing to temptation never ever blesses us.  All these years later, the fallout remains.

The ways in which we can spiritually topple over are innumerable, and dangers are everywhere.  What can we do?

In the natural sense, Rayray explains that there are measures you can take to fall proof your home: install handrails, improve lighting, rearrange furniture, use non-slip rugs etc…

And the Bible gives us the most important action we can take to avoid spiritual falls:

Psalm 17:5 “My steps have remained firmly in Your paths. My feet have not slipped.” 

When we keep steady in the Lord’s path, out feet will not slip!  When we seek Him in all our decisions, when we ask for strength, when we accept as fact that He is on our side and wants to help in every area of our lives, when we apply the wisdom of the Bible, we will not falter; we become FALL PROOF!

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We are committed to remaining firmly in Your life-giving paths. Help us and our families to keep steady. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!