Flat on my face!

Today I fell… not really big news, or even surprising news, since I have been tripping over things, falling down, running into stuff and banging my head on things for pretty much the last 40 years.

I think I might have even tripped over the umbilical cord on the way out of the womb.

Anyway, I slipped on some black moss and landed on my knees, then put my hands out to catch myself  and they slipped and I ended up face planting in muck.  Of course I never do these things in private.  I had a whole audience of women to view my plummet to the mucousy moss that would soon coat my favorite shirt.

As I fell, all I could think of was that, I know better!  It is rainy season and that means lots of moss all over the ground.   I have gone sidewalk surfing many times due to the slippery slopes of Costa Rica.

But it does remind me of how easy it is to forget how slippery a slope sin can be.  We go through life without a rainy season for so long that when it happens, you really forget the repercussions of it.  No matter how hard you try to stop yourself you, sometimes you can’t stop yourself.

And sin is sneaky, it grows gradually beneath your feet so you don’t pay attention to it, until you are coasting down a very slippery slope and your life is out of control.  Next thing you know you are face down, berating yourself for not remembering how easy it is to fall during those rough seasons in your life.  And there are always people around to gawk at your mistakes.

The great thing is, with a bucket of bleach and some elbow grease, you can scrub the black moss off the sidewalk and you are good to go.  The same with the sin in your life…  a continuous purge of the sin that is in your life will keep you from being vertically challenged.

It is better to bow down, than be brought down to your knees.

Psalm 145:14
“The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.”