A Long Way Down

Silas is two and a half. And Silas learned today that its a long way down when you fall out of a grocery cart! Sometimes we seem to get too close to the edge in life. Not the edge of adventure or stepping out in faith; that's a good leap. But I mean too close to the edge of playing with fire, testing the waters of sin and appeal, and the edge of thinking we know what's best. And before we know it, we're diving face first onto the floor next to the clothing section at Target. At least Silas did. And then we wish we hadn't played around the edge so much.

Small picture lesson - don't lean over a grocery cart.

Big picture lesson - stay close to Jesus.

Irrelevant lesson - Target does have nice carts