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Taking the Plunge

8/23/2012

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I’ll never forget a staff development day at my high school in the early ‘90’s.  Team building was the emphasis because the buzz word in industry and education was synergy – the power of group effort, which is more productive than individual effort.  A select group of our teachers had gone to a weekend training to learn the power of working together.  On this particular training day, they were sharing with the rest of us a variety of activities to lead us into teamwork.

Trust building was one of those lessons, but the activity to learn it was more than I would risk.  We were taken to the gym.  The bleachers were extended, and the trust building was falling from the side of the bleachers (about 8 or 10 feet up) into the arms of the trained team below who would catch each person who fell.  Now, I knew those people who were the “catchers,” and I had worked with them for more than a decade; but I never seriously considered taking a dive from the side of bleachers into the arms of other people.  Many others did, and I watched a few take the plunge; however, I had a sincere fear  I would meet hardwood flooring in a whole new way if I fell from those bleachers.  I had never been much of a physics student, but I had learned about the force of gravity.  It was a proven fact.  I would fall, and I could splat onto hardwood.  The law of gravity was a trusted fact.  A group of teachers catching me was just a theory.  It had not been tested; it might fail.

As a widow, I have faced many times when I needed to make a jump and trust my “catcher.”  However, I have found in my real life  I can fall into the arms of my Savior.  His ability to sustain me is not a theory; His “catching” power is verified by the Word of God:  “Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust Him and not be afraid, for Yah, the Lord, is my strength and my song.” (Isaiah 12:2)  Never should I fear; He is my salvation.  He is presently all I need to save me no matter what I am facing.  I have no reason to fear hardwood floors or anything else: Jesus will never let me fall.

Come on and join me.  Let’s take a dive of trust into the arms of Jesus as we face the limitless possibilities of a whole new year. I know diving into the unknown makes us all fear for safety.  Nevertheless, let’s put our fears aside; there is nothing safer than being in the arms of Jesus! I’m going to take a plunge!

           


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            Dr. Melanie Riddle
    Melanie is a retired high school teacher, an ordained minister, and Director of Haven of Hope Ministries.  She is a graduate of Anderson College, Erskine College, Clemson University, and Southern Baptist School for Biblical Studies.   Also, she is the author of  Hope's Gentle Embrace and Whatever Happened to Recess.  She and her two children reside in Belton, South Carolina.


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