STUMBLE

Jay told me not to put that doggie gate there, but I did it anyway.  He told me that someone was going to try and step over it, stumble and fall.  Yep, he was correct and that person who stumbled and fell was, ME!  I stepped over my back foot caught and down I went.  Didn’t really hurt myself, I have enough padding, however just another thing that he told me not to do and I didn’t listen. 

In life we all stumble.  We may stumble over something in our way or we may stumble in our walk with God. 

The point is we are all sinners, but even when we fall over something stumbling into a sinful situation God doesn’t quit loving us nor does He leave us. It is then that He is there for us even more.  He wants us to make it over the hurdle that has tripped us.  He wants us to stand up and start going again. 

In Psalm 37:23-24 there is a key word that is very important. 

(Psalm 37:24 NIV  Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.) 

In some of the versions of this scripture the word when is used where the word though is located.  Both of these words give assurance that we will stumble.  It would be different if the word if was there, however it isn’t.  Though and when mean that we will defiantly “fall.”  

It is a certainty no one is perfect.   We will stumble and we will fall, however just as a baby falls while trying to walk, we get back up and learn from the fall. 

Our falls as a Christian are important for our faith walk.  God loves us as we stumble, nothing can separate us from the love of God.  So THOUGH you fall, get up and walk on!