HE WON'T LET YOU FALL!

EVERY DAY THAT I RETURN HOME FROM WORK I'M GREETED BY THE PLEASANT SMILE OF MY INFANT SON, COUPLED WITH THE VOICE OF HIS MOTHER SAYING, "HERE COMES YOUR DADDY." I WOULD THEN QUICKLY RUSH TO PICK HIM UP FROM WHEREVER HE WAS!!! ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY AFTER THE GREETINGS MY WIFE SAID TO ME "GUESS WHAT YOUR SON IS DOING NOW?" BEFORE I COULD OFFER A RESPONSE SHE CONTINUED, "HE'S TRYING TO CRAWL UP THE STAIRS NOW." I COULD NOT MATCH HER ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE I LACKED HER EXPERIENCE.

A LITTLE LATER THAT DAY MY WIFE MADE HER WAY UP THE STAIRS TO PREPARE FOR WORK. I STAYED ON THE COUCH DOWNSTAIRS WORKING ON MY COMPUTER AND WATCHING MY SON AS HE PLAYED ON THE FLOOR. BEFORE I KNEW IT HE HAD MADE HIS WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS LOOKING UP TO HIS MOTHER WITH AMBITION IN HIS EYES. I IMMEDIATELY POSITIONED MYSELF BEHIND HIM PREPARING FOR WHAT I KNEW WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN. SURE ENOUGH HE BEGIN TO CLIMB THE STAIRS, MAKING IT TO THE FIRST STAIR. HOWEVER AS HE ATTEMPTED THE NEXT STAIR HE BEGIN TO FALL BACKWARD, NOTHING TO PROTECT HIM EXCEPT FOR A FATHER WHO KNEW HE WOULD FALL AND THAT HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP HIM FROM FALLING.

THIS PROCESS WOULD CONTINUE AT LEAST 5 MORE TIMES. HE WOULD MAKE IT TO THE FIRST STAIR THEN FALL BACKWARDS ON HIS NEXT ATTEMPT, AND I WOULD CATCH HIM EVERY TIME.

THE NEXT DAY AS I PONDERED ON THIS, I REALIZED THAT I HAVE A FATHER WHO IS JUST LIKE ME, & EVEN BETTER THEN ME. HE UNDERSTANDS, HE SEES, & HE KNOWS WHO I AM. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT IN MY AMBITIOUSNESS I WILL ATTEMPT TO DO THINGS I'M NOT YET EQUIPPED TO DO AND GO PLACES THAT I'M NOT PREPARED TO GO. HE SEES THAT I'M NOT CAPABLE OF MAKING IT BUT HE KNOWS THAT I'LL STILL TRY. HE KNOWS AND FORESEES THAT I'LL FALL EVERY TIME. BUT JUST LIKE THE GOOD FATHER THAT HE IS, HE'S ALREADY IN POSITIONS TO CATCH ME AND KEEP ME FROM FALLING.

I'M SO GLAD THAT I SERVE A WONDERFUL GOD THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT ON MY WAY TO BECOMING WHO I AM TO BE AND DOING WHAT I AM TO DO I WILL FAIL SOMETIMES. BUT HE WON'T STOP ME FROM TRYING BECAUSE IF I NEVER TRY I'LL NEVER MAKE IT. BUT ONE THING HE WILL DO IS CATCH ME EVERY TIME I FALL. AND NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP ME FROM FALLING AND TO PRESENT ME FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY, TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOUR BE GLORY AND MAJESTY, DOMINION AND POWER BOTH NOW AND FOREVER AMEN.