Joy on the mountain ....

Joy on the mountain....despair in the valley...

There are mountain top experiences, from which we come away with joy, new insight, excitement...

And then there are the valley experiences, which we are on the bottom of life, despair, just holding on for dear life...

I realize that I live mostly in the foothills....The daily living, with daily work, daily experiences,  sometimes mundane...

I relish the mountain top, enjoy the joy, the excitement, the new insights...but am not always there...

I don't like the valley, with it deep soul searching realities, ....but I learn in these valleys the depth....the how wide, how high, how deep is God's love...

He is there whether on the mountain top, the valley or the foothills...He is in the mundane of life, the day to day experiences, the joys and the hardships of life...never leaving our side, never leaving our depths...holding us, connecting...leading...loving...


Thank YOU...


Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

2 Corinthians 4:7-8 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

Exodus 32:15-16 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

Psalm 15:1-5 Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?
The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart;
whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;
who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;
who lends money to the poor without interest;
who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
Whoever does these things will never be shaken.