A Fist Full Of Firsts

Can you remember that first warm day about a week ago? Well it’s been and gone. This week we get back to reality, and probably don’t like it.  It was good while it lasted but then again, it’s reflecting the reality of life. We have our ups and downs. Here’s something else to think about. We all have firsts. First day of warm weather. At one point or another everything in life is a first. Yes, there is that line, ‘there is a first time for everything’.

Make a list if you want; ice-cream, riding a bike, new car, new house, being in water that is not a tub, and even going to school. All of them are firsts. You have your own list in mind or you have been part of a child experiencing what we have already done.

So you feed the baby ice-cream for the first time and you see their reaction. Similar to your first time tasting ice-cream.  We all remember our first bike ride. Well, it started with a three wheeler. We then graduated to a two wheeler with training wheels. Then the big day, off come the training wheels and you are off for a few seconds until you fall down. The falling down might be what we remember more than the ‘getting it’.

With a new car there is also the first scratch or accident. Our first swim might have come with our first mouthful of unexpected water. That is the reality of life. There are good things about new things and there are not so good things as well. I’m not saying always bad. In many cases we experience the bumps, bruises and scratches that come with experiencing new things.

The best part of new things is, our parent that took us through many of them. When we were young, our parents helped us learn to ride a bike by running beside us and holding on to the seat.  Now, like enduring the uncertainty of the weather, we take it as it comes, the good, the bad and the ugly. No longer do many of us go through these experiences with our parents. We are grown, independent and able to face new firsts that sometimes we don’t really want to. It is then, we call on our heavenly Father to hold the seat of the bike as we keep going, getting up and going again, because He said; “I will never leave you not forsake you”. That you can bank on.

Something to think about

Rob