Safety Net

I am going to continue with a "thread" from last week...more like a string!
I was thinking about my Blog last week and the statement "when we are down...but not out" and I said that God gives us that time, but sustains us.  Something that occurred to me is that I believe one of the ways He does that is through the people He has allowed in our lives.  They form a community...a web...a net, so to speak, of individuals that keep us from hitting the ground!

So  this vision of a net in my mind...it starts in the center with some strands of string. These initial strings are made up of family...tied together with knots...and as we grow through life we add more and more different strands, all made up of different materials, varieties and colors but all being secured to each other with different knots. The knots are the relationships,  that get stronger with time and tending and love. Some knots aren't going to be as strong as others, obviously, but they bind each string to another.
If we get knocked down and fall..heading straight for the center of that net....that is going to have to be the strongest part...or when you hit....it will be weakened and the security will begin to unravel.
You probably have already guessed where I was going with this....

📖  A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Christ has to be woven into the very center of it all!  He needs to be the first relationship in your life, the one that should be the strongest.  As you build other relationships with Christ being intertwined, those knots will be strong as well.

📖 My intercessor is my friend

as my eyes pour out tears to God,

on behalf of a man he pleads with God
as one pleads for a friend. Job 16:20-21

With Christ as a thread running through all your relationships it will create that strong safety net so when we have circumstances that cause us to falter, to fall down...we are  brought back up by the strength of those around us!

📖  Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
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If either of them falls down,

one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
Though one may be overpowered, 
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Those times when we feel down, discouraged, even defeated...it is ok to fall....because those that God has put around you...will support you, encourage you,  and bounce you back up on your feet!

📖 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Proverbs 17:17

🙏I thank God today for the "safety net" He has provided in my life, and the strong knots that hold it together!❤🥅❤
📖 Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend. Proverbs 27:9