Aug 24th, 2021: Be Aware of Where We Are Going

 

Not too long ago, I twisted my ankle while walking back to my car after a meeting. It was some fall. I didn't just hurt the right ankle. I also scraped my left knee pretty badly. My First Aids knowledge came in handy. I used two face masks as my emergency bandage before getting a chance to walk (it took a while because the ankle was swelling up) to the closest drug store.

I was surprised by the fall. It happened because of uneven pavement and a weak ankle. We can also fall into serious trouble in life when we don't have balance. We might be surprised by our lack of balanced priorities. Without proper priorities, we damage relationships, fail to perform well at work, become preoccupied, and cannot see things. The first temptation I had was to curse the sidewalk. We tend to do the same thing by blaming others for our life hassles.

I was in a hurry to go to the next appointment and didn't pay attention to where I was. My thought was not about having a safe walk. It was about making the next appointment on time. How often do we entertain making shortcuts in life so that we can avoid accountability? Some people do that when they study, work and run their own business. We spend a much time worrying about what we don't want to do and not what we need to do.

I was thankful that I knew the area well and remembered a pharmacy close to where I fell. I was able to clean up the wound with what I had in my car (club soda and face masks). When we fail in life, it is good to rely on what we have learned and remember through our relationships with God. That will bring clarity in decision making, healing in relationships, and the ability to move on with life.

2 Timothy 3: 16-17

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."