When all else fails

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When All Else Fails

 

In the highlands of Scotland sheep often wander off into the rocks and get into

places that they can't get out of. The grass on these mountains tastes very

sweet, and the sheep like it. They will jump down ten or twelve feet to a ledge

with a patch of grass, and then they can't jump back up again.

 

The shepherd hears them bleating in distress. The shepherd may leave them there

for days, until they have eaten all the grass and are so faint that they cannot

stand. Only then will the shepherd put a rope

around the sheep and pull them up out of the jaws of death.

 

" Why doesn't the shepherd attempt a rescue when the sheep first get into the

predicament? The sheep are so foolish and so focused on eating that they would

dash away from the shepherd, go over the precipice and destroy themselves.

 

" Such is the case with us. Sometimes we need to experience a little

bit of death before we can enjoy the abundance of life. The God will rescue us

the moment we have given up trying, realizing that we can't liberate ourselves,

and cry to him for help. "

 

For many of us, it's only when all else fails and we hit rock bottom, that we

turn to God for help but that's a good thing because only God can rescue us from

the jaws of eternal death and damnation.