Inevitable Fall(s)

Sunday, we sang a song in church that said something to the effect that God keeps us from falling. That is shorthand for . . . we never fall so far that we can't be retrieved and brought to a level of life that is worth living. (See, it's a lot easier to say, "God keeps us from falling").

And even though it is easier to say - God keeps us from falling - if taken literally, it can become a real stumbling block when the inevitable fall comes.

We all fall. We either stumble because we are clumsy or we are pushed. And so the reality is, He doesn't keep us from falling. But what does He do? No matter how far or how long we fall, He is able and willing, on the other side of the fall, to bring us to a level of life that is worth living. Falls can not take away from us a life worth living.

God keeps us from falling.