Tumbling Tigers

I unlocked the front door, kicked off my shoes,

turned and walked through the hallway. I hung up

my jacket and in true peckish fashion headed in the

direction of the fridge.

My charming Siberian tigers were lazily stretched

out in the hallway, unmoved and unphased by my

arrival. Neither mother nor cub blinked an eyelid as they sprawled sleepily on the floor of my hall, oblivious to my homecoming. I crept past them silently.

Hang on a minute!  I pawsed in my tracks!  

What were my two sleepy tigers doing on the floor?

When I left home earlier my treasured tigers were hung safely on the wall!

 I investigated. The wall hook had inexplicably snapped off and my precious wildlife painting had tumbled five feet to the floor. The electric socket was smashed but my treasured picture thankfully was unharmed, unblemished.

Should I give my loved picture a second chance and reinstate it I wondered?

Or should I keep it at floor level, in a cupboard, safely wrapped in bubble wrap? That way my valuable print will never fall or be harmed again.

Sometimes falls, failures, or trauma from the past cause us to be fearful, overprotective, or over-safe, stifling the future or restricting life’s adventure.     In Jesus’ parable one servant was given five bags of gold and made five more. Another with two bags made two more, but the one with one bag of gold hid his away because he was afraid of losing it. Jesus chastised him:

‘Take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten.’ Matt 25:28    Today, don’t be too safe! Keep fear and faith in a healthy balance.         

With Love,    Rev Gill x        

Though I have fallen, I will rise. Micah 7:8