Mountaintop or Valley

Lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age
       (Matthew 28:20)

Lord, I really am afraid of heights;
it makes my knees grow weak
to even think of standing high
upon a mountain peak.

I can’t conceive why men would wish,
or even how they’d dare,
to scale up to a mountaintop,
just because it’s there.

Yet, in my daily walk with You,
the opposite is true;
it seems I always tend to seek
a high and lofty view.

And when I’m in a valley low,
I feel that it is wrong;
that I’d be on the mountaintop,
if only I were strong.

Lord, teach me that it’s quite alright,
when bowed beneath some load,
to find my path is leading down
a lonely valley road.

For You have charted out my life;
You’ve planned each passing mile,
Help me to trade my fear for trust;
my fretting for a smile.

Sometimes You’ll lead me up the slopes,
to share a lofty view;
but whether there or down below,
help me to trust in You.

Glenda Collins Inman