Grounded

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Grounded

“If we are going to stay grounded we must remember: Hard is hard, but it is always worth it.”

Loren Thornburg

As a softball player the extent of my basketball skills comes from shooting softballs into the bucket.  I noticed that in doing this I have a lot more wiggle room once I have made some into the bucket.  The balls in the bucket create grounding for the balls that hit the side of the bucket on their way in.  Otherwise even when I make it into the bucket, unless it goes straight in, the bucket gets knocked over.  I couldn’t help but see those balls in the bottom of the bucket that were keeping my bucket grounded as a picture of what experience provides in my life.  Every year around this time I begin to wonder if all of the work and all of the battles it takes to make the summer trips for my job happen are really worth it.  Yet experience tells me that two months from now I will be so thankful that I endured because it was indeed so worth it.  It is only from years of experience that I can stay grounded to push through knowing it will all be worth it.  The key to staying grounded when you feel like giving up is to remember previous times when the fight was worth the cost.  If we are going to stay grounded when things don’t seem to be worth it we must remember.  

“He’s God, our God, in charge of the whole earth.  And he remembers, remembers his Covenant- for a thousand generations he’s been as good as his word.”

Psalm 105:7-8 Message

In following Jesus remembering is key to staying grounded in Him.  Remembering how He has been faithful in the past helps us to trust Him again for the future.  Psalm 105 talks about remembering who He is and the amazing works He has done.  When things get tough it is important to remember who He is and what He has done for us.  It is also important to remember that He remembers.  The God of the whole earth remembers you.  He remembers where you have come from, where you are going and how to best care for you.  He remembers you!  Remember to remember all the ways He has been faithful in the past and remember that He remembers you.