Thursday, May 17, 2012

He shall not be utterly cast down: Psalms 37:23-24

I like these scriptures about falling. They teach me that God will uphold us when we fall, that there is a difference between falling and being 'utterly cast down', and that good men fall, repeatedly. 

I typically try to avoid falling altogether.  When I do fall I tend to get really upset with myself and spiral down from there.  I want to get better at just falling and getting back up, falling and getting back up, falling and getting back up.  I want to accept falling as a regular part of life so I can get up again instead of falling further and further down.  I want to let my friends help me up when I fall, and I want to be able to help them up when they fall.  This is reminding me of "Ring Around the Rosie:"  Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down.

Psalms 37: 23-24
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

 Psalms 145:14 
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Psalms 56:13  
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Psalms 116: 8 
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Proverbs 24:16 
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Micah 7: 8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.





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