Give Careful Thought to the
Paths for your Feet
I’ve recently broken my ankle, one
of the challenging aspects of an injury like this… climbing stairs. Before I was fitted with a boot (that my daughter named Davey Jones) I had a soft cast and a set of crutches. I hear
myself mentally saying “One step, focus on the one step”. At the beginning of my injury my ankle seemed
to scream and protest with each step in fact, for the first few days I decided
the step was just impossible, I’m not coordinated enough to maneuver crutches
and I choose to sit and scoot myself ( not a pretty picture let me assure you)
up the steps. This was awkward and cumbersome and not the way steps were meant
to be “conquered” but I found myself saying…”One step closer to the top…one
step closer to the last step” but then once I reached the top, I had to debate
how to stand up and walk-I had forgone crutches, I had shrugged off assistance,
I had loudly declared that I have this, I could handle it. So, I would crawl,
yes crawl to the couch (again not a pretty picture) and pull myself up on the
couch exhausted. The steps that ended
up taking me a few minutes to climb should have taken me ten seconds if I had used the tools I had been given or assistance that was offered. I’ve grown too strong, too harden to
accept help. I'm determined to carve out my own path. My own ideas.
Do you ever find yourself scooting
through life? Barely taking those baby steps, when we were intended to stand
tall and walk valiantly before the Lord. He offer’s so much wisdom, so much instruction
in His Word, and yet I shrug it off with “Got this one” or “I can handle this! It’s
easy”. Here’s my favorite personal quote I regularly tell myself-“I’m strong, I
don’t need assistance-I’m independent. Or “You know…when you’re wearing as many
hats’ as I am who has time to stop and ask for directions? “ What’s my version of
handling it? I start out walking, and all too soon because I turned to the left
or the right I resort to crawling, which in turn leads to hurting…and taking
the hardest road possible. I delay the journey, the plans that were intended
for me. I’m injured in a way…propped up on pillows on the sideline for an indefinite time period, until I get out my map and study it's the scriptures within.
So, I sat there with my foot
propped up on several pillow, feeling much better thanks to my friend “the pain
killer” and open my Bible.
Proverbs 4:25-27 says “Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your
feet and be steadfast in all your ways.27 Do not turn to the
right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
