Wall Bumpers

Proverbs 5:6 (KJV) Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

I have reached the stage in life where my path to the coffee pot in the morning involves help from the walls along the way.  It’s not an every day thing, but there are some days when I kind of bounce back-and-forth like a pinball.  It’s not a big emergency yet but someday it may be.  There are times when I get a little wobbly going downstairs.

That makes me read this verse in the NLT and smile.  Now the woman in the verse has nothing to smile about.  Running into walls is causing her great pain.  Her life is a shambles.  Unlike me she can do something about it.

Proverbs 5:6 (NLT) For she cares nothing about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.

Like me, she doesn’t seem to realize that she’s running into the walls.  I have to wake up enough to understand that I’m not going in a straight line.

So?  Are you running into walls?  Are you aware that you’re running into walls?  You may think that’s the normal way to live life but God has something better for you.  Consider and ask yourself if you need to ponder the path of life.