Yesterday at my granddaughter. Sugar's track meet I filmed her heat and caught on camera a girl from the other team next to her who had pulled a hamstring oh ouchhhh and fell. And oh she cried!!! it was awful!! It looked so painful I even cried! and i didn’t even know her! The video also shows the girl getting up and finished walking, well more like hobbling to the finish line with a champions heart.
Later at dinner i mentioned to Sugar that I had caught the incident on camera but she was tired and blew it off. I had the split second decision to react offensively or just ignore it. I chose to ignore it completely and never gave it a second thought.
The first thing this morning I got a text from her asking for the video probably to see if it was as she lifted her leg to jump causing her to fall thru the hurdle.
So what is our place when we witness a fall? Our place is to do the "right thing" and as Gods servants, He will let us know what to do or what to say per Luke 12:12, "For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
Yes it all happens by divine design while walking confidentally forward on our path with faith that we are hearing our instructions correctly. Being a servant for God allows blessings to shower all and mightily when we just show up willing to help because we had "the idea" that perhaps it was a nice day to watch a meet.
But because as it says in Romans 3:23, "For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard." and we all have "been there and done that" we are given grace and sometimes a do-over because as it continues in 24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins."
This my precious Sugar also knows all to well as she had her knee buckle last year in a heat and fell short of the finish line. She worried that she had given in to the pain causing her regret at not being able to finish. But what she sees as a failed race, I see as her turning point for now her compassion has kicked in to high gear as she is first to run to others who fall. She instinct to help others up to try again went in to full bloom that day. I am so incredibly proud of her.
She has the heart of a champion and she loves Jesus. With more like her, I am confident that we will be okay.
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