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Welcome to my Mountaintop Its great to go barefoot in life. When you do there is always the risk of stubbing your toe, stepping on something that can prick you or even stepping in something natural that we would rather not step in. When we have shoes on, we are oblivious for the most part to these possible issues. Ahh the mountaintop. The place where nirvana exists in the minds and hearts of humans. The place where our hurts and irritations are forgotten because we just revel in the great things we see. As a matter of fact we probably do not wish to be bothered with the relevant negativeness that does exist in the world. Its nice to not be bothered. But if one were to look around as we stand there we will see it is not a place where many people are dwelling. If we look really close we will notice people descending back into these plateaus that lead to this valley quite a distance below. Another words, people do get to experience that mountain top, but they do not get to live there for long. There is something I have noticed about life. Learning and understanding come with work, and experiences. Touch a hot pot or pan one time, you will not do it again intentionally. Its' painful. I have put up a lot of photo's lately. Beautiful shots by Photographers who had to travel to far lands, find things of interest, use their expertise to take the picture. It was a thing of their experience, the right angles, framing and a good subject. It was not look and click. On the mountaintop of life, we just stare at the pictures. However the pictures were made in lower plateaus. Effort, openness to learning what works and what does not. Application. There have been such dark times in my life. Times of loss of loved ones. Loved ones betrayal. I can recall that I just went through the motions everyday. Hoping against hope that life changed. People doing things that I could not believe they did. i would get into a funk. The valley was deep. Then God would send me a rope. A rope to climb out of the valley. It was not the rope that you and I would think of. It certainly was not an elevator. Almost always it was someone hurting even more than me. An opportunity to share God. By this it was not my strength or my wisdom as much as i would like to say that it is. It is the Mystery of the gospel at work. Christ in me, the hope of Glory. All I had to do was be willing to allow God to live through me. The results never cease to amaze me. Yet, I should not be amazed because it was not me doing it. So much is said about getting right with God. You can not do that, no matter how hard you try. But you can embrace that your righteousness is Jesus...what he did. My mountaintop has changed. I don't need to be staring at the beauty of things other people have painstakingly done. I just need to be willing when the opportunity is there. Pain is like the pressure that creates diamonds. I do not embrace it, but I do not run from it as it is used by the Lord to help me be open to others. |
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Amen! It's in the valley I grow. Good word Dennis, thanks for sharing.  Live like there's no tomorrow Laugh when you feel like crying Love like you've never been hurt
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hey thanks for stopping by 
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11/2/2010 8:36 pm |
Great post Dennis, and so true.   "Love is Patient..."
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thanks LL
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