Sometimes we fall into quicksand due to careless choices or simply by not paying attention to the signs in our lives. Other times stepping into the sinking pit may be totally unavoidable. So how does one get out when they have inadvertently fallen in?
- Prevention is obviously the best way. You won't need to get out of a pit if you don't fall into one in the first place. Learn to recognize any areas in your life that may contain traps that you could sink into. Recognize the signs. Be wise, tread carefully and most of all, be alert! If you tend to fall into financial pits most often, think of ways that you could maybe increase your income, change spending habits or save for emergencies. If there are relationship issues, pray and ask God to change YOU. You can not change other people but if you change, your responses and your attitude will be different, and that will affect how you interact in your relationships. Also, if you have a positive attitude, the right relationships will seek you out.
- If you should miss the signs and should still find yourself waist high in mud, drop everything! When you are sinking, you do not need anything to weigh you down! This includes biases, unforgiveness, old baggage, hurts from the past and preconceived ideas. You need to be unburdened and to have your head clear so that you may float to the top. Otherwise, if you hold on to those things, they may drag you even further down. Also, try not to panic, because that can also cause you to sink down. Remember, you need to be able to think clear enough to get out of whatever the situation is that you have found yourself sinking into!
- Take small steps. This ensures that if you do take the wrong step, that it won't be as hard to recover from as it would be if you had taken larger steps. Maybe you need to save ten or twenty dollars a paycheck to begin building up your savings. If you are troubled by emotional turmoil, reach out to a trusted friend, keep a feelings journal or commit to doing small things that make you happy at least once a day.
- Sometimes, no matter what you do, it seems that you can not free yourself. Now what I am about to say will sound scary, but you may have to lie back and allow your feet to float free out of the circumstance. Then you will be able to roll over and climb out. I can't tell you how many times that I had finally resolved that there was nothing that I could do about a certain situation after trying and then it eventually worked itself out. Often you can get dirty, you may even get hurt but most importantly you will survive. If you survive, you can then work on getting things back together in your life.
- Take your time. Often times, the situations that we find ourselves in take months, even years for us to get ourselves into. So naturally, it is going to take some time to get out. I can tell you from experience, that being desperate and rushing to do something to get yourself out of a situation may make things worse. It is wiser to stop for a moment, pray, come up with a plan and then take steps to overcome. If you just react, it can create an even bigger mess and a deeper pit, which may take even longer to get out of.
PSALM 40:2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.
Sources and Citations
- http://www.wikihow.com/Get-out-of-Quicksand
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