Fall

I had just forgotten one thing and scooted in the backdoor...stepped in a puddle of rain water on my way in and when those flip flops hit the tile floor ...so did I. Feet flew in the air,rear hit the ground, knocked my head against the fridge, caught a flying plate that I immediately dismantled from the wall...and waited for a minute to see what damage had been done. In the blink of an eye....my morning had taken a tumble. Rolled over on all fours, my sweet housekeeper standing stunned by my side, as she had opened the door and had seen the whole thing....and slowly and deliberately with her help stood up. All was well...sore yes but also in one piece.

I went on about my day but all day long I thought how different this day could have been. You have been there as well...close calls....maybe you avoilded a car accident rather than a personal accident...maybe one of your children was saved by a moment of help...or a friend sidestepped disaster that was headed their way, or a severe storm changed directions....you fill in the blank...but you know what I am talking about. We take each day for granted...and we too often take our health for granted, and our blessings for granted....and our ability to get up and get around without help. I still am thinking about it...it was a small incident that came out just fine...oh but how many times do I give God's angels credit for the help. Just sometimes....He will give his angels charge over you...A dear friend even needpointed me a small hanging pillow that claims that very word from God.

I don't know where any of you are in your faith...I only know that we do worship a God who watches over us....and can help us to aviod things but also sometimes allows things to happen that will ultimatlely be part of a grander plan of His good. I was spared yesterday...it was just one of those household mishaps that could have most certainly been avoided if I would have been a little more careful and not in such a hurry....But I do hurry...and maybe that is one of the little lesson warnings that God has put on my heart. Slow down....take your time..think...consider...plan...That would not only be advantageous for
careful living...but also for careful thinking, and careful understanding, and careful communication. God is never in a hurry....He answers parayers methodically...and with great thought....not with the pressure to get it done....He is not so concerned with who is watching us but more concerned with who we are watching....HIM! Who is the one that we are taking our cues from? If it is from God then he encourages us to be wise in our thoughs, wise in our behavior, wise in our endeavors.....slow to speak....and careful in our moves.

God is the overseerer fo all our comings and goings...he sees us when we are flustered and he sees us when we are calm and at peace, he sees us when we are at wits end with situations and he sees us when we are handling things with grace, he sees us when we things in life are filled with chaos and when things are calm and running smooth.....But we get so tangled up in our own schedules that we forget to pay too much attention to Him. Oh how much better things would go if I just slowed down, was attentive to my overseer, and allowed His peace and joy to flow through whatever situation I was in. Sometimes I think...I can't always include God in my comings and goings.....I would never get anything done...waiting on HIm. But then...DUH...I realize he is already present in all of it...all I have to do is acknowledge His presence and he will help me to move and do according to His lead. He probably would help me to remember everything I needed to have with me before I left the house....thus....preventing the fall that was caused by having to come back.

God works through us in ways that we often times do not understand...but as long as we are in favor of His input and conscious of his presence...we have a good chance to get things right.....and not be left to unforeseen mishaps....in conversation, in actions, in thoughts and in deeds....in relationships. For they all are related...and one event trickles down to a next and so on.

God wants us to be grateful for his presence at all times....for he is there with us to mold us and transform us and to teach us lessons of joy and peace that only can come through him. If we are to be in a hurry...we are to be in hurry to seek God and know His presence that is within us, upon us, around us and working through us. If we slow "us" down and allow God's speed to be our driving force, that is when we will experience His grace and be keenly aware of His blessings.

It is when we hurry on our own accord and on our own train of thinking that we have such a tendency to Fall. Oh wait I think I remember a story about a Fall....in Genesis....they were traveling down "their" own road of self consciousness...and a Fall they did take...and one event led to another and so on and so on....

Dear Lord, Thank you for watching over us as you do...for not ever letting us be far from your sight and leading us to an acknowledgment of your loving presence. Amen
Praise God wherever you are or whatever situation he has allowed you to be in...for His glory will shine through.

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