This morning after taking my shower I was using the towel to wipe up the floor of the water spots that had formed after the shower door was opened. Using my feet I swiped the floor with the towel when my footing gave way. Kaboom! Down I went. Right on my...don't ask. Good thing I have a pretty good cushion to help break the fall. What a way to start the day! Do you know that toilets just won't move or give? My toes gave though. Purple is my favorite color, but not on my toes! Ow! Nothing broken, just bruised. Just like my ego. My husband came rushing in to see what happened. What a great guy. He didn't laugh or anything. He was sincerely concerned and offered a hand to help me up. It is still hard for me to get used to his genuinely caring for me and showing it. Praise God for Curtis! He is always there to help me. What a wonderful gift from God!
Do you know how many times I have fallen? I have fallen in love, fallen for schemes, fallen for fake concern, fallen off my diet, fallen for the lies my kids told me as they were growing up, fallen from society, fallen for insincere friendships, fallen for manipulations, fallen for guilt, fallen from the church, fallen from grace, the list goes on and on. Sadly in my life I also have fallen for all kinds of sin.
In the past after falling, there has been times that it seemed that I just couldn't get up. It hurt too much. The falls had taken the wind out of me and dog gone it, it hurt! Most of the falls were of my own doing. I gave into sin, and down I went. Like the slippery bathroom floor, my sins were just as slippery and caused me to fall. Some of the falls I had taken I just knew I was down for the count. I felt so alone and so unloved. I really had fallen hard. I just believed that I was never going to be able to get up and stand up again. My thoughts during these times were: Who would ever help me up after this fall? Why would anyone help me up? How could anyone ever love me after this? How could I ever get up again? I believed I was destined to stay right where I was. Down for the count. I just knew it. These were the messages going through my head. I felt unworthy, unloved, and I was a fallen person who had fallen hard. The world doesn't like people who have fallen and it was surly communicated that way to me. No one, no how was going to help me get up.
I was wrong. God loves those who have fallen. God was there. He heard me and came to me when I cried out after I had fallen. He lovingly lifted me up, dusted me off and got me going again. Just like Curtis did this morning after I fell, God was there each and every time I fell. He was reaching out to me, forgiving me, and showing me in so many ways just how much He loved me. Jesus had taken all of my "fallen" times of sin to the cross with Him so that I could be worthy before our Father. God knew that we are all sinners and that we would fall. That is why He sent us His Son, Jesus. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son. Who ever believes in Him, will not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16. Jesus went to the cross for us and became our sin sacrifice so that our sins or fallen times would be forgiven. WOW! How awesome! What love!
Don't you just love God? He is so true to His promises. He was there all along. God promises never to leave us or forsake us. He didn't, hasn't and never will. I would have never experienced His truly amazing love had I not fallen and called out to Him. During those fallen times is when God not only showed me His love, He also taught me so much about His ways of living for Him. One does go through tough times when we fall. However God is there ready to pick us up. If He doesn't bring you to the tough times, the fallen times, He WILL get you through them. I know this as a fact. I have experienced it.
Have you ever fallen and felt like you couldn't get up? Has the world made you feel unloved and unworthy because you have fallen? God is there. He will reach out His hand and help you up. Jesus loved us so much that He came back for us. Know this. Stop listening to the voices in your head that are saying you can't get up. You can! God is there, sincerely concerned and lovingly reaching out to you to help you up. Call out to Him. You can get up!
