Every morning, when I come in from car line at my school, I walk the main hallway–all 900 feet of it–to help monitor students.
Children, already laden down with their school backpacks, pick up breakfast in the cafeteria, and then walk the hundreds-of-feet gauntlet to their classrooms.
Not all the breakfast items survive the trip unscathed. Gravity gets a say. It’s those flimsy cardboard boats everything comes in!
I’m usually only a few steps in when I find evidence of what’s on the menu. There’s half a bagel, at the turn to second grade hallway. A little farther down, a carton of milk lies belly-up by a bulletin board. Next, by the main entry, a small container of cream cheese with another half a bagel. Finally, there’s a single red apple, rolled up against a playground door. Does it find recess appealing?
Individually, the food items don’t tell me all that much, until about 600 feet in. That’s when the puzzle comes together. Breakfast today is a bagel with cream cheese, fresh fruit, and milk! If I happened to be a “floor eater,” which I am not, I could pick up the whole menu in one trip.
The Christian life feels like this sometimes; it’s a long walk, and I’m carrying a bunch of stuff, and this flimsy cardboard boat won’t quite hold my breakfast.
gravity gets a say.
But God gets a say, too. And it goes like this:
He (Christ) is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:17 (NIV)
Just yesterday, I read this, and pictured Jesus, walking down life’s long hallway–before you and I came along–holding everything together. He knows where the dropping points are, and can help us along the way.
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Hebrews 2:18 (NIV)
Kind reader, it may be near the end of the hallway before what’s on the “menu” is clear. And Jesus, ever the consummate custodian, will replace everything that fell on the floor.
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️ prayers and love.
Davids Daily Dose 
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