Sudden Stops
An injured skydiver was asked, “Did you break your leg jumping from a plane?”
“No, landing on the ground,” was the reply.
In life, it is the sudden stops that often hurt more than the pace and grind of daily life. Often the Lord brings us to an abrupt halt. This may be for any number of reasons. It may be just to get us to pause and consider His glory and goodness. It may be to keep us from going in a wrong course, or to preserve us from some harm that is lurking just ahead in the pathway. Maybe it is so we can stop and help someone else who needs a hand in their Christian pathway, and we would have missed the opportunity otherwise. There may be some testimony we are to render to the world that would have otherwise been missed.
Whatever it is, there is a purpose in it, and although it may seem to hurt and be inconvenient at the time, remember there is a plan of blessing behind it. “For who knoweth what is good for man in this life?” (Ecclesiastes 6:12). Don’t let the bumps in life discourage you! See them as opportunities for blessing, both for yourself and for
others around you.
