Help! I've Fallen and Can't Get Up

 

The steps of a man

are established by the LORD,

when he delights

               in His way.

Though he fall,

he shall not be 

           cast headlong,

for the LORD upholds his hand.

                 Psalm 37. 23-24

Though he fall.

Change the pronoun and scenario.

        Though we fall.

We take our eyes off the Father.

We ignore the divine

               at our own peril.

We are distracted. We all are.

But when we do fall,

    God is right here with us.

If we are walking with Him,

even falling over

        a proverbial cliff,

God empowers us to

     mount up with wings

              like eagles.

We fall not into the

  bottomless pit of despair,

but right into His arms.

I've got you,

     He sings over us.

O LORD,

Help! We've fallen

          and can't get up.

Hold us tight

  in these scary places.

Bind us to You

    in the wild storms

   we don't even see coming.

We cry to You

  not just to fix this situation,

but redeem our fallenness

      and our despair

to draw us above all

            closer to You.

Order Your steps for us.

Make us incredibly aware

  and faithful to You.

In the chaos and clamor

of the world's empty promise 

      "THIS will make you happy,"

   help us to trust and follow You,

even when that may appear like

         the steeper path.

Establish our steps today, Almighty One.

Order Your ways

    in the midst of our disorder.