Take Me to the Mountains!

There's just something about the mountains I love.  I really enjoy hiking in the woods, breathing in the rhododendon and mountain laurel fragrances, and hearing all the sounds of nature.  Jesus must have felt the same way because when he wanted to get alone and just have a heart-to-heart talk with his Father, he'd go up on a mountain to pray.  When Moses went to meet with God to get the Ten Commandments, he went up on Mount Sinai.  When Elijah was fleeing Jezebel, he, too, went up on Mount Sinai where God spoke to him and he felt God's presence.
David wrote in Psalms 36:6 that "Your righthousness is like the mighty mountains...."

Isaiah the great prophet says in chapter 52:7 "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion 'Your God reigns.'"

Mountains can be majestic.  I love to see snow capped mountains when traveling in winter.  I also love getting to the mountain top and seeing a great vista below me.  Its breathtaking!
Mountains can be a place of refuge and safety, but they can also symbolize obstacles.
I really have to slow down when I'm driving in the mountains and hiking just a few miles takes much longer than if I were on flat ground.   To get to the other side of a mountain one must either detour around it or travese along curvy roads.  Either way, it becomes an obstacle to our destination.  Maybe you have a mountain in your path right now keeping you from enjoying a smooth sail in life.  It could be poor health, debt, or some other obstacle.  These are the kinds of mountains we wished we didn't have to deal with, yet here we are facing them.  Don't try to go it alone if this is your kind of mountain.  Seek help and pray diligently for God to walk with you every step of the way.  Lean on Him with all your heart and not on your own understanding.  Like a lantern that gives just enough light to see the next step, so it is with faith in God.
He will light your way but only for one step at a time.  One day you will reach the pinnacle and don't you know it, your breathe will be taken away!  You'll be in awe of all God has done to get you to the top!!





Nagaland, India

Table Rock, Pickens, SC

Somewhere in the Great Smoky Mountains

Sunset on backside of Pinnacle Mountain



Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador