There is a Net: Part 2 (enter the Bear stage left)

As I was chewing on these things,
feeling the tightrope walker grow a bit bolder and stronger,
I saw arrows flying through the various circus rings
first a few at a time,
then a steady stream
and then I realized
some of them were coming at me,
actually aimed directly at me,
as is Something were out to get me
just as I was gaining a little confidence,
and the Fear began to creep in again.

The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.  He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, "Destroy him!"  (Deuteronomy 33:27)

And I saw my Coach stand up to His full height as an enormous Grizzly Bear,
and every story I'd heard about "mama bears" suddenly culminated into this FEROCIOUS King beneath me.  He caught and splintered every arrow, except for the ones He flung back at the Attackers.  One of the Attackers came closer, and it seemed to me a hideous and impossible beast.  But when it neared the Bear it was dwarfed as an ant to a mountain, and my Papa Bear picked it up and flung it's writhing and annoying little self out beyond any distance I could imagine.

Summary of simple truths my brain needs to get a grip on:

Life is hard.

It is like a tightrope sometimes, maybe all of the time.

Some even call it a war zone.

Gravity is real, and we need help.

And we have it.

There is a net.

There is a coach.

There are arrows.

There are enemies.

And they are like ants to a mountain when compared to the Creator of all that is.

And our God is fiercer and more powerful 

than our most dramatic image of a mama bear defending her cub.  

He will break the enemy's bow and shatter his spear.  He will hurl him into the region of Darkness from whence there is no return.

God is our refuge and strength,

and EVER PRESENT HELP in times of trouble.

Therefore, we will not fear 

though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. . . 

God is within her, she will not fall . . . 

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. . . 

Come and see what He has done:

He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth.

He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

He says, 

"BE STILL,

AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.

I will be exalted among the nations, 

I will be exalted in the earth."

The LORD Almighty is with us; 

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

(Excerpts from Psalm 46, NIV)

He will catch me when I stumble and put me back on the rope.

I can walk across.

I can run across.

I can sit down and have lunch on the net.

Some days I more than survive, I can even have fun on the net . . .

I am learning to dance, sing, and

 turn crazy triple flips on the net.

Because

My God.

MY God.

My GOD.