influence

what does this passage say to you? What things stand out?


Hebrews 12

12 So take a new grip with your tired hands,

       & stand firm on your shakey legs.


13 Mark out a straight path for your feet.


Those those who follow you,

     though they are weak & lame,

     will not stumble & fall but become strong.


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12 So take a new grip with your tired hands,

       & stand firm on your shakey legs.

How many of us have tired hands & shakey legs, besides me?


13 Mark out a straight path for your feet.

Iow, move ahead without wondering off & being distracted by stuff instead of focusing on the main thing?


Those those who follow you, though they are weak & lame,will not stumble & fall but become strong.

All of us are people of influence - either a good influence, or a bad influence.

Some of us exercise that influence.

Some of us never use that influence to its best advantage.

Bottom line, there are people in our lives who take their cues from us - scary thought, isn't it!

And it is in following what they see in our lives, they are able to move forward & not make the same mistakes over & over again.