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I never thought about the spiritual aspects of giving my kids a bath or standing in a line at a grocery store. However, God has recently showed me some insightful biblical truths in some of the most mundane tasks in life. Whether I am driving, showering or sleeping each of these activities has a biblical truth tucked inside of it. In the forest of life, God’s biblical truth is inside each one of these trees. My hope is that others view the ordinary aspects of life through a spiritual lens and see what God teaches you.







Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Small Fall

 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall. (1 Corinthians 10:12)
Sadly, my daughter recently broke her elbow in some sort of freak fall. I call it a freak fall because where she fell from seems like nothing but it is all in the way you land I’ve learned.  She is in a hard cast for now and we go in for weekly alignment checks to make sure her elbow is healing properly.
There is nothing like an injury to remind you of a sound biblical truth.  The verse from above reminds me that when you think you are in good shape that is the time to be most watchful. My daughter fell playing on a playhouse.  Naturally so, my daughter exercised the most caution the higher she climbed on it. However, as she began to climb down caution exited her mind and thus the injury we have.  As the fun, joy and comfort crept in, caution, attentiveness and concentration slipped out. Sound familiar? This same scenario applies to our lives.  

Paul writes this verse from above (1 Corinthians 10:12) after giving a long history lesson of the sins in Israel’s past.  Despite the many times the Israelites were standing firm (God rescuing them, God providing for them etc.), they always managed a way to fall.  One would think that standing firm is a great place to be and IT IS…… if we are being watchful.  However, standing firm is also an open invitation for temptation to come pounding hard.  Therefore, we are told to be careful.
Being careful and attentive doesn’t mean being paranoid, fearful or obsessed.  If we are wise, we are careful with our money. If we are wise, we are attentive to our children.  If we are wise, we are careful with our words. There is nothing wrong with being careful!  In fact, it is when we are careless, distracted and absent-minded when the fall happens.   And if there is one thing I’ve learned, the fall doesn’t have to be high to cause damage.  A slight slip can be just a devastating. If you don't think so, look at what Adam and Eve eating from the wrong tree produced.
Now I hope after reading this you are not wanting to run into some quick sand.  LOL!  Drowning in a mountain of sin and troubles is no place to be either.   Standing firm is a great place to be that requires great vigilance.  I don’t have to recount someone who went from “fame to shame” in a matter of seconds.   We’ve all known someone who “had it all” and then witnessed the terrible dismount.  And the one thing I’ve noticed is that the fall is ugly, the fall is damaging, and it doesn't take much.
So how do you prevent the fall???? I’ll have to work on that for a future post. My first part 2 blog. LOL! :).