Pit Experiences (from the donkeys point of view)

Of course our womens study group topic Get Out Of That Pit, has my mind revolving around types and examples because I love using everyday stuff to point the way to Gods principles at work in our lives...Go figure..Its how I am wired really and actually it is something I enjoy about my life. I just hope I don't drive my loved ones into cross-eyed, brain shutting down, stupors by using it too often in their lives.
The one I have landed on today is a fable I heard that goes something like this:
There was a farmer who had donkey who fell into a pit. There didn't appear to be any way to pull him up and out of the pit. It was narrow with crumbly sides and even the neighbors who by now had gathered said they could not get a rope and harness around him! Now the donkey was old and barely worth what it took to feed him so the farmer made the rather difficult decision to bury him alive! (the story doesn't say so, but I wonder if this one was like Balaam's donkey and had a God given ability to understand things we wouldn't expect a donkey to understand).
The farmer and his neighbors began to toss shovel full after shovel full of dirt over their shoulders into the pit. No one wanted to actually watch what was happening to the donkey. It was just too terrible even if it was "necessary".
Finally the farmer turned to check the progress and to his surprise the donkey walked right out of what had once been his pit! Seems that each time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, he shook it off and stomped it down until he was near enough to the top to climb out! Smart little donkey! And we hear them referred to as dumb...

So all of us who are at least as smart as a donkey can draw some parallels from this I would suppose. God has many ways to assist us out of the pit, but seems from this sometimes it could be through the unwitting help of our enemies. We can use the stuff thrown at us to climb a little higher sometimes. To press into the Most High and get His perspective. Soon. Maybe it isn't soon enough to suit us or maybe we get kind of messy in the process but SOON we will find ourselves walking out of the pit meant to bury us and living a life that gives God glory and is that abundant life place He tells us about in His word.
Today if you have some stuff thrown at you that threatens to bury you alive stomp it under your feet and reach higher to the One who made you and loves you with His life. He's reaching out for you.

Pity Parties (or am I getting out of that pit)

Have to laugh at my navigation of this blogging  stuff! Tried to make my text color white since I had changed my blog colors. So as I started typing pre post it was like using invisible ink... back to the black until time to post!
Been nearly 3 months since I was last blogging! Time sure has flown by but not with out some pit falls in the mix. So here I am 3rd week into the study our womens group is doing called Get Out Of That Pit by Beth Moore.
Week one's homework discussion had me thinking about the pits of life
and how we throw "pit"y parties (complete with a barbeque pit in case we might want to roast someone over the fire complements of firey tongues). The guest list includes me, myself and I. Occaisionally though, others may be invited to join the party and to their surprise find themselves muddy from the experience even somewhat stuck themselves. There should be a disclaimer on the invitation to beware, dress for mud, wear hip boots, clothes pin for nose against the stench, bring your climbing gear to help you exit, ect.
So am I suggesting ignore the wrongs done to us that may have pushed us in to start with? (and sometimes that is how we got there). Nope. But I do suggest not using a shovel to dig ourselves in deeper or to dig the foundation for a room addition or two. Like don't plan to stay there! Make plans to move on out whatever it takes! So if you or I are are throwing a party let it be a moving celebration and get moving on out of the pit. God has much finer things in store to take us to and will give us the climbing out gear we need through His word, prayer, our dilligence and friends!-  We just want to make sure we don't pull them in while they are helping to pull us out...
Here's to sunny days, brighter futures, and clearer vision compliments of Jesus your savior.