Have you ever, as an adult, hurt yourself doing something so ridiculous that you were tempted to come up with a much better story to tell?
Well... yeah... I was, um... skiing down one of those double black diamond hills and took a spill when I went over a mogul...
Or how about...
Man, you should’ve seen it! I was hang gliding off of a bridge and got my foot caught in the metal arch of the top of the bridge...
Or even…
I was running another one of my many marathons... you know 26.2 and all. Anyway, I tripped around mile 22 and I could feel the blood coming through my shoe but I knew I had to keep going…
Yeah.. that’s what happened.
Sometimes we hurt ourselves and there’s no great story of glory at all. What’s amazing to me, is that God loves us so much that everything that touches us matters to Him. Everything!
Jesus said, “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are numbered." (Matthew 28:28-30)
And in Isaiah 49:16, the Lord says, “See I have engraved you in the palms of my hand…”
If you’re a parent, you know when your kid hurts that you will do anything to help. Their little boo-boo’s matter to you.
Well, you and I are God’s kids. Just imagine how much more our Heavenly Father cares about the things that hurt us? The big things, the little things and all the little boo-boo’s in between.
You don’t have to make up a story. He knows it all. And He will help you through it - even if it’s your fault.
(But remember, I warned you!)
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