turn away from it and pass on. Proverbs 4:14-15
Imagine the obstacle a person would have to overcome to
walk from New York city to San Francisco. A man who had
accomplished this feat asked about his biggest hurdle. He
said that the toughest part of his trip wasn't walking up the
mountain or crossing hot dry, barren stretches of desert.
" the thing that came the closest to defeating me," he
admitted, "was the sand in my shoes." This reminds me of
how we can be spiritually defeated by what begin as a
irritant. We let an unkind word, a small setback, or
misunderstanding get us down, or we allow people around
us to influence us a little but wrong ways. Instead of being
determined to avoid evil big or small (Proverb 4:14-27), we
compromise. We neglect to go to the Lord for forgiveness
and help.
Sir Francis Drake, the 16th-century English explorer who
had sailed around the world, was crossing the Thames
River when a violent storm threatened to capsize his boat.
He cried, "Shall I who have endured the storm of oceans be
drowned in a ditch?"
We would be wise to ask ourselves, "Shall I, who have come
so far by faith, be defeated by sand in my shoes'?''
We must answer with a resolute no! -------- Richard De Haan
Lord, grant us strenght to overcome
Life's greatest trials that we may meet;
And grant it also when we face
Those little trials that would defeat. ------- D De Haan
"We stumble over pebbles, not mountains."
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