The Mountains and The Rocks
Do you ever think how funny life really is? Do you ever look at your life and think it is movie material? Satire, humor, drama, lots of drama, devestation, joy, etc. Life is full of it all. Some days we find ourselves looking at things more seriously than others, and some days things are lighthearted. If you are at all like me you relish and long for the light hearted days, especially when you walk long periods of trouble and despair.
Yesterday turned into one of those days for me. I awoke with an old friend on my heart and mind and ended up in a texting conversation that lasted throughout the morning. At one point, I commented how I felt I was dashed upon the rocks and they seemed to go on as far as the eye could see. The he replied back, “like a mountain range”. Then something in my perspective changed. I saw as clear as could be, in my mind this long pile of rocks, but then I looked up and I was in the base of a set of large mountains. Thats where the rocks came from! I believe God used that moment to speak to me.
“You cant be on the rocks, without being near the moutains or high places!” My sould lifted quite a bit at that point. I remembered all the “highs” of my life and how wonderful so many moments have been. I thought of my friend and how much he meant to me and how many times he has done just what he did, helped me see the big picture.
I hate when I realize that my life focus has gotten so narrow. Thanks to friends who love us enough to speak into our lives. Who would’ve thought that “like a mountain range” would be a powerful and impacting statement!
Today you have the same opportunity. Who’s life can you speak into, help them broaden their perspective? Perhaps you need to have someone speak into your life. Give them a buzz, hear what they have to say.
Hebrews 10:25 (New International Version) Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
2 Corinthians: 7-12 (The Message) If you only look at us, you might well miss the brightness. We carry this precious Message around in the unadorned clay pots of our ordinary lives. That’s to prevent anyone from confusing God’s incomparable power with us. As it is, there’s not much chance of that. You know for yourselves that we’re not much to look at. We’ve been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we’re not demoralized; we’re not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we’ve been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn’t left our side; we’ve been thrown down, but we haven’t broken. What they did to Jesus, they do to us—trial and torture, mockery and murder; what Jesus did among them, he does in us—he lives! Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus’ sake, which makes Jesus’ life all the more evident in us. While we’re going through the worst, you’re getting in on the best!
