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8:28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, `even' to them that are called according to `his' purpose.
One beautiful summer day, I was sitting in a park in Paducah, Kentucky talking with a friend. Suddenly, my friend’s eyes got really big and I heard the sound of a heavy thud behind me.
I turned around and there was a squirrel sprawled out, apparently unconscious, on the ground. Somehow it had fallen out of the huge tree we were sitting under.
My friend and I were stunned. How could a squirrel fall? However, after a few seconds, the squirrel suddenly jumped up, scampered up another tree, and began to jump from limb to limb.
I learned a lesson that day. If even an agile, acrobatic squirrel can fall out of a tree, any of us human beings can fall down in life. However, falling is no shame if you get up, get going, and get back in your tree.
Something tells me that the squirrel didn’t spend the rest of his life feeling guilty over his fall. He was too busy frolicking in the branches to wallow in his mistake.
Perhaps our life would work better if we would learn from the falling squirrel’s example. Let’s get up, live right, and forget our mistakes. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Wonderful, Cathy. It is great to see that squirrel get up, live right, and forget his/her mistakes. And enjoy a snack. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Hahaha what a great story and wonderful analogy... poor little fella though hehe. Thanks Steve God bless you. =0) |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Now that's a lively comment, Livewire. lol |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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Resilient little critters, aren't they? Great story, Steve...and sage advice.
Blessings! |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| I like what you say for 27 yrs. I had fallen out of that tree now 54 yrs old. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| wow.......wonderful post!!!!!! And amen!!!!! I love posts from everyday life that we can apply to our's! Thanks! |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Birdie: Had it been a birdie instead of a squirrel, it could have flown away. Thanks for reading and commenting. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Thanks Lara. It made an impression when it happened. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Hang on Brian. Falling out of trees can be harmful. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| As people of Christ when we fall down we get up |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Cindy Lou: I don't think a squirrel falling out of a tree is "eeveryday life.' But I know what you mean. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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Amen, Brian. Getting up is good, but hanging on is even better. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Hang on, Bubbles. Good things are coming your way. God is doing some positive things you cannot yet see. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Steve, LOL.....maybe they just do it when we're not looking, lol...... |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| We all fall from trees every day. My good fortune is that God is there to catch me. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| That's it Cindy Lou. At night, when we humans are asleep, it is dangerous to be in the woods because of the falling squirrels. You've heard the expression; "It's raining cats and squirrels.' Oh, yeah, you haven't heard it because it is a big cover up. Years ago someone replaced the word "squirrels" with the word "dogs." Boy can I write some nutty stuff. Keep the squirrels away or that will eat up my comment. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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Patti: It's just like falling off a log. Thank God that He catches us. |
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| July 16, 2008 |
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| Patti, ......glad He catches me and glad He helps me climb it in the first place :) |
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| July 17, 2008 |
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| Whew Steve, I was ready to defend myself and say "I didn't do it!" But I have never even been to to Paducah, Kentucky. |
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| July 17, 2008 |
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| You're off the hook, Jerry! |
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| July 17, 2008 |
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I forget who said it, but in downtown Newark NJ there is a banner that reads
" our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall"
or 'We fall down, but we get up.....for a saint is just a sinner who fell down, and got up"
by the way, I love squirrels, glad to know he got back up again |
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| July 17, 2008 |
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| That's a great slogan, Captain Carol. And it is true! |
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| July 17, 2008 |
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| Steve: yep, they do it at night....notice you never see "Watch for Falling Squirrels" signs, hmm, wonder why? |
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| July 17, 2008 |
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| Cindy Lou: Yes, we have to keep the secret of the falling squirrels here on mychurch and not let this information get out to the public. |
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| July 18, 2008 |
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| Awesome stuff as usual Steve! |
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| July 18, 2008 |
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| Thank you very much, Jeremiah. |
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