Lots of us understand the flash the goes between our eyes when we are about to fall. We, to the best of our abilities try to brace for the immediate impact. Some of us lay there and cry, others of us nurse the wounds. At the end of it all, we all get up from the fall; but sometimes we just can’t get up anymore. Our bodies and minds are stuck in our fallen state. We’re not alone. When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. (Psalms 94:18-19 ESV) When I read this Psalm I’m reminded of this Commercial from the late 80s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlpDiXPZHQ The brilliance behind this device that this company was peddling is that people would buy it so that they can yell at a speaker phone and somebody would come and help them up from their fall. The marketing for this device is also brilliant: older people who have difficulties getting up! But we’re not talking about the morality of marketing strategies. I know the average age of any of you reading this now is under 30. I also know you are in phenomenal shape so you hardly fall. However, I know being under 30, and able bodied, makes us most susceptible to falling morally and spiritually and emotionally. The reason is because we all get around. More than that, we generally don’t have a family of our own to take care of and as a result we still care about what others think of us. Long story short, we fall, a lot. Good news is that when we feel like the entire world is against us, and they very well might be, because even our ownselves are against us, we don’t have to feel like we have nobody to go to for help. This Psalm was written for people who’ve fallen and can’t get up. It’s especially mindful of people who have nobody to help them. God does not wish to destroy you when you’re down. Like the Psalm so plainly says: God’s love holds us up if we’re falling and His comforting will pick us up, if you are down. You might have fallen, but you will get up. God will pick you up from your mistakes, missteps and sin. Yell out to Him for help today.