Robert at Middle Zone Musings has had a series running now since about the middle of February entitled Scenes From a Sidewalk. You can follow that link to get more details, but basically he writes on thoughts and ideas that he has while walking down and observing, a sidewalk. Well this month he has a writing project for his readers entitled What I Learned From a Sidewalk. This is my attempt at writing for that project.
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Where I live and my journey through a day I don’t run across many a sidewalk. I’ve tried to think of something that I’ve run across in the past, walking down a sidewalk but the only thing that kept popping in my mind was not a sidewalk, but a side-walk and a lesson I’ve learned from it. Let me explain.
When I was baptized and became a Christian years and years ago I felt as though I was walking beside Jesus. I was in a side-walk with Jesus. I mean, I remember feeling that I could look directly to my right and Jesus was there. Not literally, obviously, but He just felt that close and I felt just that clean…if only briefly.
The side-walk was a fun and exciting adventure. Jesus and I walking side-by-side. Laughing together. Crying together. Just traveling through life with him by my side. I was as close to walking like Jesus as I had ever been.
One day soon after that, we were walking along and I was trying to keep up. Walking beside Jesus was becoming difficult. We would walk along and I would trip and fall. Initially, it was a new walk for me. Jesus knew that. I knew that. I didn’t know what to do when I fell though. Jesus helped me up, knocked off the dust, and told me to just ask him for help and he would be there to pick me up and we could continue our side-walk.
I’ve learned that it’s hard to walk beside Jesus. I have fallen so many times. The worst was when I fell and didn’t ask for help. Jesus stopped to pick me up, but I turned down his help. Jesus was sad, I’m sure, but he kept walking. I had a lesson or two to learn.
I struggled for a long time through life on my own. No longer on a side-walk with Jesus, I made lots of decisions that sure would have been made differently had I only let Jesus help me up. I was stubborn. I could do it, and did..for a while.
Eventually I could no longer see Jesus, but something happened and made me remember those side-walks. One last time I cried out for help and immediately Jesus was there to help me up and knock off the dust so we could continue our side-walk. I apologized to him. Asked him to forgive me and he said, “For What?”. He had already forgotten.
It’s still hard to walk directly beside Jesus. I don’t consider myself that close to walking beside him. I’m more walking behind him. Following him. Striving to go on a side-walk with him someday, again. I still fall a lot even when I’m walking behind him. I’m so glad he is patient.
I know, I cheated. It’s not a sidewalk. I hope I conveyed what I learned from my side-walk adventure so that you can use it in your life. Got questions?
Because of HIM
SC
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Hi Scott,
What an empowering post! This is just really great writing. I love the play on words here, your side-walk with Jesus. And in reading this, you provide hope for us all – that we can all be on this same side-walk — all we have to do is ask and have faith! And that’s good new indeed! Keep on that side-walk Scott…I will too!
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Who better to follow? He does keep a pretty demanding pace though doesn’t He? During college I prayed that God would help me never to be bored again. I have been racing to keep up ever since.
@Lance – Thanks, Lance. Another one of those posts that I hit publish and felt, pretty good about, but a bit worried. Maybe, just maybe we will have to make the sidewalks bigger for our side-walks.
@Luke Gedeon – Very demanding, yet, not overly demanding unless I just don’t want to keep up the pace. Careful what you pray for.
Inspiring.
Glad you’re moving forward on this journey. And your depiction of the struggle is real.
Keep hanging on to Jesus.
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Yeah, I definitely should have been careful, but at the time I was young and clueless. Now I am old and clueless.
I think this a a great post! We all stumble and fall. It’s how we learn and grow. Some times I fall and I can’t get up for awhile…and that’s ok…
You need to give yourself more credit. Your strength is amazing. Look what you have accomplished in the past year…I’d say you are keeping up with Jesus just fine.
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@Paul Merrill – Somedays it’s two steps forward and one step back, but at least it’s forward progress. The one step forward two steps back days are the ones I’m not a big fan of and still trying to get a handle on. Thanks for the visit!
@Caroline – Well, thanks! Like I said, somedays I feel like I can keep up ok, somedays not so much.
I reached your post from Middle Zone Musings. Yours was the last one, although the best.
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@Annie – Well, thanks Annie.
Wow, Scott, that’s a really great analogy- the side-walk. I really like that. Your post is really spot-on and I really enjoyed the new perspective. Thanks!
@Kool Aid – Thanks for coming by. It’s funny how long that post stayed in my head. I didn’t think it would work. From what I’ve gathered, we done good.
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