Take A Dive

When we hear the phrase, “Someone took a dive,” it’s generally associated with an integral issue and a bad thing all the way around. In short, it’s not good. However, in this sense, it’s good and the perfect will of God. We are to give everything to Him, including our will to fight.

We are taught and programmed to fight and in a physical altercation that is warranted. No one has the right to put their hands on another human being. However, a lot of it can be mitigated if we apply the principle and instruction of God, “A soft answer turns away wrath,” or “When you please God he makes even your enemies to be at peace with you.” There are many scriptures we can apply to various situations we may face.

Growing up, I always faced people getting over or had the upper hand over me and that feeling subdued my confidence and inadequacy was submerged in me. I always had to fight because people thought they could get over on me because I was small. One time, someone who was supposed to be my friend wanted to fight me over some he say/she say (and were lies). We fought. I won but because they liked her better, they said she’d won. It was her head that was banged against the bathroom door. It was her face that was hit with my metal Muppets Show lunchbox 😂, not mine. But because of the other ones in our “friend” group, it was said that I lost the fight. Nothing I ever did with that friend group was good enough. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized they really didn’t like me nor were they my true friends. I was the one no one thought about. I was the one everyone looked over. I was the one everyone talked about behind my back. I was the one who was tolerated. All I wanted was to be friends. I wanted a friend. They always got the last word, got over, and had the upper hand. Whatever hand I was dealt was never the hand that won.

I didn’t know how to take it to Christ. I didn’t know how to pray. I didn’t know to let Jesus deal with it. I wasn’t trained for that kind of battle. I didn’t know to please God. All I knew was to fight…my daddy taught me that and I’m grateful because it saved me a lot of the time. But I didn’t know what I truly needed to know until I was an adult in my mind twenties.

I wish I knew then what I know now and that is, it’s okay to just walk away. It’s okay to take a dive. It’s okay to “look” like I lost. In the end, I win. In the end, YOU WIN! The LORD wants you to know today that you will win; just give it to Him, because that’s the key to your win.