March 28, 2006

[Rev. Doc]

With God

"For nothing is impossible with God."
Luke 1:37

Juan Carlos Ortiz spoke of a conversation with a circus trapeze artist. The performer admitted the net underneath was there to keep them from breaking their necks, but added, "The net also keeps us from falling. Imagine there is no net. We would be so nervous that we would be more likely to miss and fall. If there wasn’t a net, we would not dare to do some of the things we do. But because there’s a net, we dare to make turns, and once I made three turns -- thanks to the net!" Ortiz makes this observation: "We have security in God. When we are sure in his arms, we dare to attempt big things for God. We dare to be holy. We dare to be obedient. We dare, because we know the eternal arms of God will hold us if we fall."

Prayer: Ask God to help you take a bold step and attempt the impossible for Him.

"Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God."
~William Carey

[Saint Kevin]

As one famous webmanga character once said, "I have to stop being so surprised when God catches me when I fall."

Ok, that was a paraphrase, but I found it to be one of the most powerful lines in the story, and I thought it worth repeating.

I think that I tend often toward inaction from fear, and I like the idea that God is always ready to catch me when I fall (in the process of trying to do great things for Him).