Baby Steps

Spring is “finally” in the air! And with a new season, there is new life. There seems to be a lot of babies in the community right now…puppies, foals, kittens, expectant mothers, and human babies. Don’t we just LOVE babies?! They’re so adorable. Innocent. Precious. And baby feet! Aren't they the cutest!? Baby paws? Nothing sweeter! 

I enjoy looking at baby pictures and photos of grandchildren…I understand they are a gift and a source of joy! {Ladies, bring out the pics of your babies and fur-babies!  I’m ready!}

How many times does a human baby fall down on his way to becoming a toddler? It’s a process…it begins with crawling, which leads to pulling themselves up. Wobbly but holding on to something solid. They start scooting on their bottom…they crawl to their destination. They stand up. Countless times.

Then with eagerness and expectation, he stands there. He/she lets go of their stronghold. What happens? They fall. Over. And over. And over.

I've never seen a baby or a toddler give up permanently on standing have you? (Naturally, I’m not speaking of a one with a physical challenge or medical issue). I've just never seen a toddler willingly volunteer to crawl any longer than they need to. They want to walk!

The Christian (we) should practice a toddler’s perseverance…keep going! Keep trying! Keep standing! Putting one foot in front of the other. If we've seemingly lost hold of Jesus, our true Stronghold, then “crawl” back to the foot of the Cross!  He will never leave you.

Don’t lose faith (or heart) because of falling. Or failures. Or aging. Or disappointment. Or criticism. Or pressure. Or anything else…

Remember, God’s hand is the unseen hand in whom you CAN depend! He will not lose His grip on YOU.  As the “Footprints” poem reminds each person, when you can’t walk, He will carry you! 

On days, or in times, when baby steps are all you can do, that’s fine! God is still there, teaching, protecting, and growing you into the person He wants you to be. Just keep walking in His image.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

¹⁸ While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Look UP my friend!