Finding the exact

middle

can be a crucial life skill.

I grew up in a large family and we had to share a lot.
All the time.
Every day.

We agonized over trying to perfectly divide a stick of gum or can of pop. My mom wisely ruled that the person who divides chooses last. It prolonged the agony  and scrutiny of dividing, but improved the chances of avoiding a major skirmish.

How about the agony of dividing the last piece of cake between two children?

Especially cake that looks this delicious. You can thank my friend Cookie Baker Lynn for this picture. She blogs about healthy food and stuff and she tells really funny stories.

Even though she knows I buy my birthday cakes from Safeway, and they are filled with white sugar and white flour, she still loves me anyway, ‘cuz we’re real live friends.

Anyhoo, back to dividing that piece of cake
right
down
the

middle.

That line that perfectly divides you from getting less than the other person is a fine, important, life-changing line. Americans love  fairness, equality, and our fair share.

There’s something perfect about finding the exact

middle.

It’s supposedly the place where everyone is happy.

Now a parent of many kids myself, I find middle ground even more important.

My kids have to share alot.
All the time.
Every day.

The middle is  a meeting ground of fairness and justice, where whining and whacking are not as vicious.

Where’s the important life-changing place
where the Lord meets us in the

middle?

The

middle

verse of the Bible.

It’s stuck right between
Psalm 117, the shortest chapter in the Bible, and
Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible.

This is the

middle ground

we should always take.

Not only is the Lord saying it’s better to trust in Him,
He’s assuring we CAN trust in Him.
All the time.
Every day.

In everything.  Every circumstance.  Every relationship.  Every lesson.  Every trial.

He met us in the

middle.

That line that perfectly divides us from getting less than the other Person is a fine, important, life-changing line.

It’s a place where suddenly we don’t desire  fairness, equality, and our fair share, because we get more than we deserved.