Halls created for Free Souls to run down, through, and around.

Everybody knows this.

Regretably, many GrownUps make Rules to the Contrary.

sigh.

To be Fair,
there are Good Reasons,
such as Too Much Stuff or
Too Slippery.

Sad, but True.

The other day,
I saw a Little Girl running in the Store the other way...
Both she and her Daddy were trying to Entertain themselves while Mommy shopped.

Unfortunately, it was one of the Halls That Was Slippery.

Very Sad, but Painfully True.

WHOOOOOOOOP! The Little Girl was flat on the floor with a Bruised Knee as a Bonus.

"That's ok. Just cry it all out. Daddy is here. Go ahead and cry."

Sometimes, I think of my Heavenly Father as that... Maybe I made a decision I regret, maybe I wish things are different, maybe I hurt because Life is Hard.

"It's ok, baby. I'm here. I've got you."

I like to imagine that He holds me... and lets me cry.

We get up and keep walking.

And I know He'll carry me if I can't walk.

I walked in the door,

weary, tired, burdened.

The Golden Lady was sitting at the Kitchen Table with the Fairy Girl.

"Come sit down... This is a Healing Table."

We shared, we confessed, we laughed, we cried, we prayed.

"Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One to Whom it is directed. Faith is a redirecting of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus. Sin has twisted our vision inward and made it self-regarding. Unbelief has put self where God should be, and is perilously close to the sin of Lucifer who said “I will set my throne above the throne of God.” Faith looks out instead of in, and the whole life falls into line." ~A. W. Tozer

Times were Hard.

Pennies were pinched.

The Golden Lady somehow got by taking care of her daughter, paying the bills, always tithing.

There was this necklace in the shop window that she just LOVED. Absolutely LOVED. Fine gold chain with a dainty little heart. AND earrings. It was $35. She didn't have that kind of extra money! But she scrimped and saved for several months... and she had that little envelope with that precious money, tucked away in her purse. After church, she was going to buy that necklace!!

But as she sat in church, she remembered that she had TOTALLY forgotten to TITHE that month. How she forgot is impossible to know, but she knew how much it was to be... $35.

But no! That was her money!! She has scraped and sacrificed... He wouldn't mind if she didn't tithe.

Right?

"Do you really trust Me? Will you put Me first?"

She knew she had to put it in the offering plate.

It was an Act of Obedience.

After the service, an old friend came up to her, "This is really strange, but I feel like I'm supposed to give you $15. Would that be offensive to you?"

The Golden Lady laughed. "Oh, not at all!"

Then the Pastor hurried after her, "God told me to give this to you... God bless you," as he pressed $20 into her hand.

Again, the Golden Lady laughed.

Her Father had given it all back to her.

She went and bought the necklace AND the earrings, right after church.

And thus the Healing Journey continued...