If Push Comes to Shove
Children (and some adults) enjoy pushing games. If push comes to shove, the game becomes more serious. Pushing gets harder and rougher. Fun turns to fights.
If (or when) push comes to shove, the situation becomes critical.
It gets so bad that extreme action must be taken.
- Surgeons remove an arm or a leg to save a life.
- Storm damage forces families to move.
- Job loss requires selling property to survive.
Circumstances leave no choice. Tough times require tough actions.
When push comes to shove, we cannot delay.
Everything else failed, and we must act immediately if not sooner.
Critical situations often require help.
We reach out to friends and family for aid and support. However, we want people willing to put feet to their prayers. When we are in hot water, we don’t need anyone with cold feet.
We want to offer others the encouragement and assistance we desire.
We all face hard times from time to time. May our words and deeds offer encouragement when they occur.
“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:18 NIV).
Thanks to Judy Corbin for the suggestion. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.
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8 thoughts on “If Push Comes to Shove”
When push comes to shove is not a place where any of us want to be, Diana, but it does happen. Blessings, my friend!
True, Martha. Thank you. Blessings on you and your outreach.
Only by the Grace and Love of God do we make it through the tough times. He is always with us. So glad to know Him on a personal relationship.
Amen to all of your comment, Judy. I’m so thankful for our ever-present, all-powerful God.
I love the verse you chose for this. Very appropriate!
Thank you, Tracy. I used to walk with a friend who kept me on my toes with the Bible verses I chose.
Yes, when push comes to shove has special meaning to me after a injury . I had to come to the point of decision to shove myself into therapy to regain my range of motion and mobility to continue my desire to work and enjoy my hobbies and spend quality time with my children and grandchildren. Pushing through the pain is a real hard thing to do at first… scheduled pt sessions brought me back. After a operation I had to use my experience with pt to rehab the repaired involved connected regions. I am a better person because I chose to when push came to shove.
Perfect example, Robert! Thank you for sharing your personal experience and the positive outcome from your extra effort. Blessings.