When the Bough Breaks and The Pedestal Falls

I want to explain something...the bough breaking, the pedestal falling. I was thinking about the common song we sing to babies "Rock a Bye Baby." We sing "when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall..." There is even a movie that was made with that title. 

When we consider a mother, rocking a precious baby in her arms, we have a protected, secure feeling. Put that baby in a tree top where the tree branch breaks...not so much! Wouldn't that mother want to nurture and protect that child by holding it close, rather than counting on an "iffy" treebranch to sustain that cradle? Apparently not. When the bough breaks, everything that is precious...FALLS! Think about that! The foundation you trust your life upon, when it's not totally, 100% foolproof, infallible and rock-steady, WILL break and fall...and everything you held dear, goes with it!

Now, about pedestals falling, which is very similar to boughs breaking...when I mention this, it means that someone puts another person on such a level that they appear to be almost infallible, precious, flawless, like unto God. (The first chapter of Romans in the Bible talks about it.)
This is so EASY to do when the treasured person is someone who seems to have "always been there" for you, have "all the answers," and seems to have "arrived" in their own life. You might look at this "super-human" as THE exclusive friend, leader, guru, guide, mentor, God's spokesperson, chief, etc, and you might even feel a bit protective or possessive over this person, to a point of overlooking that they have even tiny faults. I think I've seen this a lot, not only in myself moreso in my past, but also in people who admire tv stars, movie stars, evangelists. It is definitely idolatry when it gets to such a point that "creature" replaces "Creator." Any decent, Godly man or woman who is in charge of a part of your walk with Jesus, will always direct your gaze from themselves back onto God!  

What it feels like when the pedestal falls, is that everything you had lived for, that controlled your behavior, thoughts, actions, has now totally crumbled into pieces. You forget who YOU were before this one main person entered your life, because all you now know is what THEY like, their interests, their habits, their expectations of you, their strengths and weaknesses...life became all about THEM and they became the FRAMERS of your inner and outer world!
Emotionally, this devestates you, causes you to feel confused, frustrated, out of touch with reality, almost post-traumatically stressed out! It causes the other person to feel like a failure, a disappointment, a fallen being. Red flags should be flying HIGH in thinking about all this. If they aren't, then you might really want to "have a lil talk with Jesus" about all of it and verify if what I'm saying is really the truth.
God indicated in His Word, the Bible, that HE is JEALOUS over us. In fact, I'm pretty sure it says in there that His very NAME is "Jealous." He will have NO OTHER GODS before Him in your life. Personally, when I've idolized any person, I've seen them fall and often be plucked out of my life. It's a hard lesson to learn, but think of it this way...in the end, the only 2 beings that will face to face, are you and Him!