Chin up....Journey on!
As a child growing up on a farm in Richmond, Indiana there were many times I recall falling down and skinning my knees or falling out of a tree or even off of a horse. My Mom would just say, "Oh you're alright, pick yourself up and get over it". I can remember those words as plain as if it were yesterday. You'd have thought I would have received a little more compassion!
Sure, if I were really hurt bad Mom would hold me and baby me just a few minutes and kiss my hurts away. She would never let me sulk in my sorrow though. I guess now that I'm older I can see how that has been a blessing in disguise. They do say wisdom comes with age... (that's the only thing I look forward to about getting older! haha).
Looking back over my life there has been a lot of pain and heartache. Many tears of sorrow have fallen from my eyes. Thank God I'm still standing even though there were times I surely thought my end had come. There have been numerous times when I was not able to pick myself up. I wasn't able to find the strength within me to carry on. It was at those times I realized "I" couldn't do anything.
The Bible instructs us to put on the whole armor of God. The armor provides the strength we need when under attack. For even at our weakest we are made strong through the word of God. The Bible also tells us the devil is like a roaring lion seeking whoever he may devour. A lion looks for the fallen lamb, the weak and defenseless, one who lacks the strength to fight. That's why it is important for us to be in the Word daily so that we may feast on the bread of life that we may be made strong in our times of weakness.
I expect in the years to come there will be a few more falls and many more skinned knees. Instead of my mother's voice coaching me to get up; I can hear the sweet voice of Jesus saying "chin up child, journey on". The past 18 years of walking with Christ I have learned only in the last 5 years to trust Him. I've learned at times when I am weak to lean on Him. Jesus has carried me through so many valleys and His grace has kept me through so many trials. I don't want to imagine my life without Him in it. What would life be without Him?
I will try to wrap this up with one thought in mind: when you fall, don't stay there. Take the hand of Jesus and get back up. When you hurt let Jesus wipe your tears away. When we sulk in our problems they just get bigger and bigger until they overwhelm our thoughts and that creates fear. The devil is a liar and the father of it.
Until next time......."Chin up... Journey on!"
Sharron Kay King
http://www.songsofsharron.com
Author: SGN
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Written: 01/01/2006
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Great article.
"Chin up..." around our house was, "Get back up on that horse and RIDE!..."
Expecting success in anything -- including the Christian walk -- is to expect a few failures, tumbles, falls, cuts, scrapes, wounds. But what won't kill you will build you. Going in knowing that up-front saves you some needless agony.
So "get up on that horse and RIDE!..."
Chin up Journey on.When your chin is up you are looking up at our best Friend. Journey on with our best Friend and we will never be lost. We may go thru many trials but as John said in Romans that trials worketh patience,patence gives experience and experience brings hope. With those things we only need find love in our hearts to become perfect in the LORD. Everyday we should all try to find that love. The love the Lord expects is much greater than we realize. We must just Chin up Journey on and pray for our Best Friend Jesus to guide us
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