What do Velcro™ and the New Year have in common? Allow me to explain! The other morning I was having coffee with my Three Best Friends and I was pondering on the quote “people were created to walk not straddle”, and walking into a brand new year. I was telling God that I would not even begin to think of the journey without keeping Him so close to me that there would not even be room for a piece of paper to come between us and the Spirit simply said, “Stuck together like Velcro™!” And, I thought that is exactly right! Think about a strip of Velcro™ and pulling the two pieces apart – suddenly the two pieces are simply just two strips without purpose but joined together they are inseparable! Get it?
When I hear the word “straddle” I think about the phrase “straddle the fence”, one leg on one side and one leg on the other. Not much walking gets done – just a lot of painful struggling. Jesus put it like this: No man can serve two masters: either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and man, Matthew 6:24. But wait, you say, we live in this world and we have to work in this world – so how can I not “straddle the fence”? Of course, our God made sure that He addressed that exact problem by giving us 1 John 2:15, and there is a myriad of scriptures that refer to being “in the world” but not “of the world”. A search of the word world, in a good concordance, will help you dig deeper into this topic.
Walking requires strength with action and in today’s fast-paced world we need all the help we can get! The Velcro™ image is going to be very helpful to me this year…every time I begin to do something that isn’t the godly thing to do I am going to picture the Velcro™ beginning to separate – and, hopefully, I correct the bond immediately. One thing I know for sure: God never pulls away from me but I definitely have the capability to pull away from Him – I know that for sure because, as they say, “been there/done that!”
So, how shall we walk then?
- Walk WORTHY (Colossians 1:10)
- Walk PROPERLY (Romans 13:13)
- Walk PRUDENTLY (Ecclesiastes 5:1)
- Walk HUMBLY (Micah 6:8)
- Walk IN THE SPIRIT (Galatians 5:16)
Let’s WALK while we have the Light, lest darkness overtake us. John’s Gospel 12:35
2011…we are walking boldly, attached like Velcro™ to our Three Best Friends. Devil, watch out!
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As always, you have used simple analogy to speak to my heart!! Love this one. You have put a picture in my heart that I hope to carry through this year and every year after.
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Velcro. Interesting analogy. A note: when one pulls Velcro apart there is a definite sound….we hear the pulling apart before it comes completely severed….that’s a very good thing.
Enjoy HOPE…..you use the simple things in life to reveal the mysteries of an Ever-Present Heavenly Father.
Blessings today.
I like that – “hearing the pulling apart.” Good.
I am inspired! Thank you! I better hurry up and make sure mine doesn’t come completely apart…..you know it takes so much concentration to put Velcro back together perfectly again….actually, I don’t think it ever goes back exactly like it was before you pulled it all apart. HMMM I better make sure I never completely separate my Velcro?
YES….that is so true, Trac’ and such a GREAT point….LOVE it. ♥
Love the velcro visual. I am pondering what Tracie said about how it never goes back to the way it was and WOW….Think about that one!!!! A relationship is never the same when tried and pulled BUT if worked at, can be just like new in different ways. Like it!!!
FAITH………Firmly Anchored In Trusting Him………..I remain.
I SO, agree with Marni’s comment. I regret to admit, that there have been numerous times of separations and restorations, throughout my life. I have observed that Velcro, over years of separations and re-attachments the same piece becomes weak , and less likely to reattach. However, I have observed that in my life the clinging of the attachment, grows stronger. I cling harder to Him and walk closer to Him, putting more Trust in Him than my own ability to remain attached. I am more cautious to abandon, less likely to jump before I look or pray. Previous separations have made me more protective of my relationship and the cost of separation due to a wrong choice. I like to think of the Holy Spirit as the adhesive that keeps me connected to Christ. Whether by the sound of the separation as Kitty mentioned. or the proper reconnection as Tracie mentioned. We all come out tried and refined in a new and different way in the Potter’s Hand. I’m sure I will never see another piece of Velcro without thinking of my relationship with the Lord. Thank you, Susan, for the visual. And thank you ladies for the deeper insight as well. It was truly the consolidation of all that the Lord used to blessed me most.
Thanks, thanks, thanks for sharing this today Susan 🙂 I love the analogies. And, I always LOVE seeing scripture references! Have a blessed 2016… and stick to God, like Velcro!!!