Valleys and Mountain Tops...

We always strive for those mountain top experiences. I think we can quickly forget that to have those "mountain top everybody wants to be there experiences", God has to take us through a valley. I'm slowly (very very slowly) learning to appreciate the valleys that God takes me through.... And the only reason is because the mountain top experiences that He leads me to are life changing and honestly supernatural. It's hard. It stinks. They make me want to run and hide but when I get a glimpse of Him and what He's done for me, I push through. If you think about it, God does some amazing things at the top of mountains. Moses had some pretty awesome interactions with God and the transfiguration happened at the top of the mountain. But both Moses and Jesus had to go through some heavy hard life changing trials before God took them to their mountain top. It makes me wonder how many times I have changed Gods path for me and missed those mountain tops He so wanted to bring me to. It is so easy to lose focus and concentrate on all the things wrong in our present circumstances to the point of defeat but God's living word tells us in Psalm 16 that if we set Him before us we will not be shaken. Will we feel pain? Yes. Will we want to run, hide and beg God to deliver us? Probably so. But, we also will feel His amazing beautiful presence. His unfailing love. His steadfast love. His deliverance. Stay strong ladies, God does amazing things at the top of your mountain.