Photo: Safely In His Arms by Dee Kamp
Catch
Me When I Fall
With a deep breath I drew up all my strength to climb
up the steps of the crowded shuttle bus. With a too large carry-on bag, a purse
slipping off my shoulder and a camera case slung over the other shoulder I was
wondering how I was going to manage it.
I could feel the anxious crowd behind me eager to
get on board too. I gave a mental heave-ho and lifted the carry-on up the first
step. But I didn’t make it to the second step! To my horror I felt myself careening
backwards falling fast out of the shuttle van.
“The eternal
God is your refuge,
and
his everlasting arms are under you.”
Deuteronomy
33:27 NLT
Just
before I crashed into others and hit the ground I was amazed to feel strong
arms underneath me and lifting me upright again. It wasn’t until I managed to
find a seat that I could look around in search of my rescuer.
I looked up and there stood a very tall man
with a big cowboy hat on his head and boyish grin smiling down at me. I felt my
face burning red with embarrassment as I thanked him, and happily heard him say,
“Everyone needs help when we have to carry too much It happens to all of us
from time to time.”
There
are times in our life when we need a lift, when we could sure use someone’s
strong arms to catch us when are falling. Falling not always in the physical
way― but emotionally from our heavy burdens― when life throws us off balances
and threatens to gets us down.
We
are always in God’s strong arms to catch us when we fall. We can count on our
loving Father to lift up our spirits, encourage us with loving kindness, and comfort
our hearts to help us climb on board life’s crazy journey over and over again.
“I
can face that which I must endure while in my Father’s arms.”―Miriam Brown
“Catch
Me When I Fall” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© September 30, 2013
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