[Discoveries] 08-24-08 The LORD is near -- Psalm 145:14

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed 
down. -- Psalm 145:14*/

How many of us have been humbled by a sin we thought we had defeated? 
How many of us have walked through humiliating circumstances -- the loss 
of wealth or health or reputation?

A down-and-out person has very few friends. Sure, there are people who 
will "minister" to them, but there is a huge difference between ministry 
and friendship.

For me, it has been cleaning toilets for a living over the years. Losing 
my job, going bankrupt, being homeless and trying one business idea 
after another only to see them all fail -- and then, once again cleaning 
toilets and mopping floors to survive. Of course, there is nothing 
dishonorable about cleaning, but it just was so different than what I 
had hoped for. I've sat with others who have lost everything, fallen 
into affairs, addictions or whatever.

Most of us know what it's like to fall. I want you to know that you do 
have a Friend when you fall. When no one else understands, and no one 
else cares -- when everyone else is busy pointing their fingers at you 
and labeling your fall your own fault, there is One who upholds those 
who fall.

He is near and He will not desert you.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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