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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Guvna B Good Morning. My daughter made me realise something in the park a while ago. She loves trampolines and at the time she was only one, so she jumped like her shoes were glued to the floor. She’d take a few steps, attempt a few jumps and then fall over. Usually, whenever she falls, I pick her up straight away because she’s only little. But one Saturday morning, as I looked at the bigger kids causing chaos, I imagined my daughter at school in a few years. I realised I won’t always be there to pick her up, and if I keep doing it now, she won’t learn to do it herself. So instead of rushing to the rescue, I waited. In my own life I’ve made mistakes, some big, some small, some because I was young, others where I should have known better. There are times I’ve felt God has bailed me out, and times it felt like He just stood there. When it’s been the latter, maybe it was for my own good. It was hard, but I never felt alone because I knew He was there. As my daughter lay on that trampoline, I think she felt safe because she knew I was there. She twisted and turned, set her feet and got herself back up. Of course, as a loving parent I will give her a hand when she really needs it. But now she knows when you fall, you get up and you go again. My mum used to say God helps those who help themselves but my prayer, and my belief, is that He helps those who can’t help themselves, by letting them know He’ll never leave them. Amen