Mountains

I have been privileged to spend time in and around mountains. My wife lived in the Rockies at a very high altitude. Having visited there I appreciate the thicker air at lower levels. We also lived in Alaska at the foothills of a mountain range. These mountains are very pristine from a distance but very formidable when we were trying to traverse them on foot.
Mountains are compared to events in our lives that cause us hardship and difficulty. They really don't bother us when they are at a distance but getting into the rugged slopes cause pain, and sometimes death.
Jesus said that faith can move mountains. Even though we read scripture and know that prayer changes things we are called upon to pray without doubting. Sometimes the mountain must be traversed or we may be called upon to climb carefully down from the site we find ourselves.
The ever present Spirit is our guide in such times as we listen to the voice telling us "this is the way, walk in it."
All of us are weak in our own right therefore we need the help of our Lord to keep us safe and on the pathway of purity and righteousness.
I thank God, the creator of all things good, for "guiding us with His eye." He mounts the heights and plunges into the depths to help us. As He does these things we must "sanctify" Him i.e. give Him the honor due. Our testimony should be of God's wonderful grace and help in time of trouble.
Call upon Him; He is near!

Walter L. Rose
Pastor