Holding onto the "B"

" The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." Deuteronomy 31:8

Three-year-old Tommy, whose new hat was nearly half the size of him, had never been this close to a horse before. He was so excited to get to it! We were on a family vacation, and as I watched Tommy struggling to reach through the fence and pat the horse's nose, I was nodding and shaking my head at the same time.

He was holding his "b" In his left hand, the blankie that went everywhere with him, even on the airplane and out to see the horses. The only problem was that he couldn't quite negotiate getting his hand through the fence hole without dropping the "b". And he wasn't about to drop the "b".

I couldn't help but think of how many times there is something good out there, I want to move forward, take the next step, yet I want to hold on to the security of the past. I just can't let go of something for fear of how I would be able to manage without it. Kind of reminds me of a story I heard once about a daddy and his young daughter who had a strand of pink plastic pearls.

God asks us to grow in our Christian walk. We don't have to do it alone; in fact we can't. 1 Peter 2-3 says," Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good." The "meat", more of God, is a blessing,

Our "b's" are wonderful for a season, then comes a time we no longer have to hold onto them. May we have the courage and grace to let go and trust our Heavenly Father to take care of us in the next step He has for us. He is already there anyway;

I had a friend that used to put it this way, "you can't go anywhere that God is not already there." That is good news.

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Contributed by Sally I. Kennedy: boca7565@bellsouth.net Sally is the author of "52 Little Parables from Ireland" Creation House Press.