Front Line

There are times in our lives when we feel helpless.  Always receiving help and never giving. You feel like you are on the front line of attack and are unable to help those around you because of the problems of your own. The people that are helping you might often say "I am with you each step of the way" or "I've got your back" or "I am supporting you, I am standing behind you". These people are your back up, your support group.

So now picture this, you are standing before this giant and you feel helpless. This giant can be a big test, a family divorce, a death, or simply an impossible task. For many of us we know that in these times we are supposed to look to God and let him be our strength, but how do we do that when we feel helpless, on the front line? Those people are your back up, they are the ones that you can run towards knowing that they will offer assistance. So now you are again standing before this giant, with all your support in back, hoping and praying that you can face this fear.

Although you may be thinking how can you repay those who stood behind you once the fight is over, lets make it clear that you already have. Volunteered or voluntold you were at the front taking all the shots, while we were behind making sure that you do not fall down. While you were facing this head on and could see every blow, we were standing behind you making sure that you did not fall down. And while you could feel very pain, we were standing behind you.

So you may think that you are not doing anything for us in all reality you are. You are on the front lines, you are the one who has stepped up to the plate to face the gaint. You are the one showing the world who God really is and what he can and will do. You are the example to the world. You are the on the front line and we are behind.

For a good friend who inspired me to write this for her.

She stood there and we stood behind her.