Little Lesson 12: Mountains & Stories

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SCRIPTURE:  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 KJV

AUTHOR NOTE: I’ve been writing songs since I was a little girl. Even before I could write, I would make up little songs, and then I started writing them down. Recently I began to pull these songs and scraps of songs and poems together, and the numbers are growing. I’m calling the February devotional series “Little Lessons” and through Scripture and a snippet of song, you’ll get a glimpse inside my faith journey as I share what God has shown me along the way. February is a month when we celebrate love, and what bigger love to celebrate than the one that reaches down into human history and rescues and redeems? It’s the very stuff of love stories!

THOUGHT: When it all boils down to it, I can be kind of a wimp. It wasn’t always that way, but it is true now. My heart argues something like, but God if you love me, why do you allow the climb to be so steep, the mountains so endless? The answer comes back as it has so many times before, I am with you. I will never leave you or forsake you. Don’t be afraid, only believe.

And so, I have to leave my ‘wimpyness’ behind to climb. When I lift up my eyes and see the mountains ahead, I have to lift them still higher and remember there is a God who is greater than whatever faces me. He has a vested interest in us not becoming frightened wimps, but strong men and women of the truth, with stories to tell of his presence, his love, his grace, his power.

I’ve got mountains to climb, so I’ll have stories to tell
How your grace was enough, how your love could prevail
On this journey up and down, sometimes lost but always found
So glad you’re at my side, I’ve got mountains to climb,
I’ve got mountains to climb

Amy Clemens “MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB” 7/14/19

PRAYER: Oh God, thank you for all the stories you’ve given me to tell because of the mountains in my way.

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Blogger Amy Clemens is the author of Walking When You’d Rather Fly: Meditations on Faith After the Fall. In it she explores childhood sexual abuse and how it impacted her faith (or lack thereof) for four decades. You’ll find not only her story, but better yet, the Big Story of God.

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