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Wednesday... Stumbling can be embarrassing and can also hurt.


Wednesday... Stumbling can be embarrassing and can hurt. 

I love to walk. I try to have a concentrated walk each day for my health. Now the choice of the path has a lot to do with if I stumble. I don't like to stumble so I usually find a path that is smooth to do my walking but sometimes I like to venture out and do some hiking. I have a walking stick for hiking but there is always the chance that I will stumble when the trail is a little more challenging.

Usually the hiking is done in the mountains and there is the distraction of the beauty all around but you still have to be careful. We went up as a family this past Sunday after church to our mountains and went for a hike. As an old-timer I have to be careful but also as a youngster such as our two young granddaughters you have to also be careful. They have so much energy and it can be easy for them to stumble because they aren't really being careful but if they stumble there is no way that I yell at them, no I pick them up and make sure that they haven't hurt themselves. And I love watching them as they experience the joy of hiking. Now the younger one, we also hold her hand. And that makes a big difference even though she would rather do it on her own.

Look at Psalm 37:23&24 (NLT), "The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives." He's a Father and he's also a Papa. "Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand."

He isn't like some who are always looking for someone who stumbles so they can laugh at them or yell at them. No he's not like that. 

Maybe you are having trouble handling this pandemic path that we are on and you are stumbling a lot. The MESSAGE paraphrase says, "If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand."

And that is important to see. If you stumble, don't stay down for long. Don't fight God, don't try to break his grip, don't try to run away on your own. And that is so easy for us to do. If you stumble, don't stay down for long and don't break his grip on you. Get up, get up, don't put yourself down but just hold onto the grip that God has on you. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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