What is your posture?
When you are feeling strong and happy, what is your posture?
When you are not feeling strong, not feeling positive, what is your
posture?
Do you stand straight up, shoulders back, chest out or do you sort
of hunch over? I remember growing up and my brother making me stand
against the wall and push my shoulders back so that I would learn to stand up
straight and tall. Over the years I have learned how important good
posture, both sitting and standing, is to reducing back pain. Take a peek
at Livestrong and you will find a few simple steps
to maintaining good posture for sitting and standing, which may helps reduce
back pain.
I recall a situation that
felt like it was literally weighing me down and I found myself with shoulders slumped
and sort of hunched over. I reached a ‘scaffolding down’ moment and
realized that I was not in this fight by myself. God, who is omnipotent,
fights every battle for me if I stand still. This is confirmed for
example, in Deuteronomy 2: 24, “For the Lord your God is the one who goes with
you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." We
can stand victorious demonstrating a strong faith in God.
What is your posture? In the face of adversity, defeat, and
against all the odds, tear down that scaffolding and hold your position in
faith.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who
can be against us? No matter the hardship, we are further reminded that
in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” Romans 8:31, 37.
I hope through this brief
word of encouragement you find yourself standing a little straighter,
standing a little stronger for your physical health, mental health, and
spiritual health.
SharB~TTSD
#TakeTheScaffoldingDown
