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