HANG IN THERE...

Children like to run.
It warms my heart when I see my daughter's funny movements as she runs.
It also scares me because young children have a tendency to fall
very easily.
I was out shopping with my wife and daughter when she started to run. 
She fell!!!

If you are a parent, you completely understand the phrase,
"it hurts you more than it does them."  There is something that
pains worse than physical torment to see your little one hurt.
She skinned her knee. She cried for a few minutes and
finally with the soothing of Daddy, she quieted down.
We are like my daughter.
There are so many areas of life where we must run,
some by choice, some by the force of circumstances.
There are so many new things.
There are so many times when our steps are unsure and we are not
experienced runners.
The older I get, the more I understand how our ''Divine Father'' can
let us go through some things and fall.  I was tempted to stop
my daughter when I saw her run.  I knew that sooner or later, if not
that day then one day, she would fall.
I also knew that if she was to ever learn how to run, she must
fall, and often I had to watch her do it.
I have fallen in business several times before I was able to run.
I fell in relationships before I had sense enough
to stop looking for perfection and know that we all have faults.
Even your second child ( i.e. if you have more than one) is reared differently from the first
because you learn some things from falling with that first one.
I fell off of my bicycle.
I even once fell off a motorcycle!!!
I have choked a few times while learning to swim.
We often fall when learning to run the things of life.
Too often bruises stop us from ever trying to run again.
We become afraid that we will slip and get hurt.
We are afraid of the pain.
My daughter runs much better now. Though  I still wince when I see her run,

and she won't stop running lol.
At only a year and some months, she has one of the keys of life.
She won't stop running just because she fell.
Friends, your bruises will heal, you will get up,
and the path will still be there.
Though at times you may not think it so,
The ''Divine Father'' is still watching over you.
He just knows that He has to let you fall,
If you ever have to learn to run.

Have a blessed day.