I've been working to express how one day I can feel ready to take on a big task, then in the trenches feel discouraged and loose sight of what God said on the mountain.
I'd been seeking direction and felt we had the answer.
A few days later I was so very tempted to dismiss it and go with another feeling..
that valley is still at the root of the same mountain..the word still applies.
In the temptation, I heard Charles Stanley speak about how eager we can be when we are at the top of the mountain, but we have to hang on to what we heard on the mountain when we're in the
trenches. While writing this I also heard Karen share about a girl in Kenya who was gushing about the Lord and shared a song she wrote, saying:
Holy, holy, there is nothing God can't turn around.
From The Mountain to the Valley
Holy holy sings a girl…
Holy sings a girl
In a Kenya town
She chants there’s no trial
God can’t turn round
Holy
Cry holy
From the mountain
To the valley.
From the mountain
I could do it all
In the valley
I don’t feel so tall.
A bridge mends the cliffs
A cloud rests in the Light
From the mountain to rifts
It’s your mountain side
Holy
Cry holy
From the mountain
To the valley
Don’t forget
What the preachers see
Roots of the mountain
In the valley.
I heard a brother say
As I tried to choose
East or West, me or them hey
God’s in you
So I’m done washing
These dirty feet
Who I carry
Done made me clean
Holy
Cry holy
From the mountain
To the valley
Don’t forget
What the preachers see
Roots of the mountain
In the valley.
Where you go I will go,
where you live I will live.
(C) Christine B Feb 2023