A house painter was at work atop a tall ladder that leaned against the second-story gable of a house. A small boy playing about the yard discovered the ladder, and as is natural for small boys, he began to climb it. His mother, checking on her child, was shocked to find that he was more than half way to the top of the ladder. As the woman stifled a scream of panic, the man at the top looked down, saw the child, and instantly perceived the danger. Signaling the mother to be silent, he calmly said to the child, Look up, sonny, look up here to me, and keep climbing. Rung by rung, he coaxed the child ever higher: Come on now, keep looking up, keep coming. At last, the child safe in his arms, the painter carried him safely to the ground. Well, each of us is somewhere on a ladder. If we look down, we may be terrified. God is saying, Look up to me; keep looking up, and you will never be dismayed or undone by whatever is down there. So lets look up, up to where our safety lies; lets look up, and take heart, and keep climbing.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:00:45 +0000
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