Staying Aloft

My Dad was a carpenter, with very little formal education, but possessing a philosophical bent that could sometimes produce some pretty profound ponderings. We were standing on the beach in Florida one day watching a boy fly a kite. "You know how flying a kite is like life?" he asked me, his preacher son. I was interested. "As long as the kite is connected to the ground by the string, it will fly. Break the string and the kite will fall. As long as our lives stay connected to the Word of God, we will fly. Break the connection to the Word, and we will fall."
 
How many of us try to soar in life without due diligence in our adherence to God's Word? The Psalmist said it well. "Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end." (Ps 119:111-112)