Help me find the stairs

Welcome to unseen today. The post for today was one of my first and is the "title piece" for my first book. When we live unseen we may feel like there is no purpose for what we are going through. Read on to see how God can redeem our trials.

Help me find the stairs

Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2

                Once upon a time there were two sisters.  They lived in a big house in a small town.  There was not a lot to do, but they managed to keep busy and happy.  One thing that was fun to do was to sleep in the basement.  It was set up like a living room. Along one wall was a couch. On the other wall was a day bed, and next to it was a bookcase with glass doors. In the back corner was a sewing machine that was set up on a card table. At the front of the basement was a large cabinet TV.  Around the corner from the TV was the stairway.  There were two light switches; one was at the top of the stairs and the other was at the bottom.  The sisters would camp out in the basement and put sleeping bags in front of the TV.

                There was only one problem.   The basement was very dark at night. Many nights the younger girl would wake up and need to go upstairs. She would wake up, get up and go to where she was sure the stairs were. Instead she would bump into the couch. She would adjust and try again to find the stairs, only to bump into the wall this time. Now she was more careful and walked with her hands in front of her. The longer she was in the dark the harder it was to keep her bearings.  She would find a wall and, deciding that the stairs where close by, she would take a step up, but there would be no stair.  She usually ended up along the far wall by the day bed.  If she found the bookcase she would drop to her knees and crawl until she found her sister. She would shake her and say, “Sheryl, help me find the stairs.”  Her sister could find the stairs every time with out fail, because she had spent more time in the basement and because she was older.

                The story about the two sisters is true. It is also much like our lives before we come to GOD. When people are in sin they are wandering in the dark.  They think they know their way out but they find out that they are wrong. The longer they stay in their sin, the harder it is to find their way.  Finally they may be fortunate enough to find someone who has been there before. Who can help them better than someone who has already found the way out?  When we get to the “up stairs” of GOD’S grace, he lets us recover from our ordeal. Then he sends us back to help others.

                 Listen for the cries.   They may be loud and angry or quiet and pleading but they are saying the same thing.

                “Please help me find the stairs.”