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A Safe Landing
For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity. - Proverbs 24:16.
His head was down, his feet were up, and he came whizzing by screaming. Chris Hoyle had looked out her window just in time to see Ken Larsen on the way down from the top of a five-story building. Larsen survived the fall with no broken bones and was only bruised and scraped.
Ken Larsens frightening fall seems to be a picture of many of our lives, which for a variety of reasons may go out of those whose lives appear to be rapidly heading for a crash landing. Some have financial problems, health problems, marital problems, job problems, sin problems or a combination of problems. So what do you do when you find your life coming apart and you are falling? Ken Larsen was on top of the building laying telecommunications cable. He was walking backward pulling on the cable and his co-worker was holding the spool feeding it out. When Ken stepped off the roof he still had the cable in his hands. He held on gripping tighter and tighter which broke his fall. He landed on his feet even though much of the fall was head first. Meanwhile back on the roof his co-worker leaned against the spool of cable trying to slow the rate the cable fed out.
The only thing that will slow our fall is to hang onto God. In I Corinthians 15:58 we are told, Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.... To have a safe landing we must be steadfast, immovable in our confidence in God. It also helps as it did for Ken Larsen for others to be trying to slow our fall as well. It does make a difference when we do as the apostle exhorted us that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men... (I Timothy 2:1).
By Ed Wrather
Submitted by Richard
For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity. - Proverbs 24:16.
His head was down, his feet were up, and he came whizzing by screaming. Chris Hoyle had looked out her window just in time to see Ken Larsen on the way down from the top of a five-story building. Larsen survived the fall with no broken bones and was only bruised and scraped.
Ken Larsens frightening fall seems to be a picture of many of our lives, which for a variety of reasons may go out of those whose lives appear to be rapidly heading for a crash landing. Some have financial problems, health problems, marital problems, job problems, sin problems or a combination of problems. So what do you do when you find your life coming apart and you are falling? Ken Larsen was on top of the building laying telecommunications cable. He was walking backward pulling on the cable and his co-worker was holding the spool feeding it out. When Ken stepped off the roof he still had the cable in his hands. He held on gripping tighter and tighter which broke his fall. He landed on his feet even though much of the fall was head first. Meanwhile back on the roof his co-worker leaned against the spool of cable trying to slow the rate the cable fed out.
The only thing that will slow our fall is to hang onto God. In I Corinthians 15:58 we are told, Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.... To have a safe landing we must be steadfast, immovable in our confidence in God. It also helps as it did for Ken Larsen for others to be trying to slow our fall as well. It does make a difference when we do as the apostle exhorted us that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men... (I Timothy 2:1).
By Ed Wrather
Submitted by Richard
