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It is not on the mountaintops of gigantic
breakthroughs
where we learn to live for God's glory.
But rather, it's the valley of the mundane trenches
where we live out our everyday story.
And it's there in the ordinary that we seek what is
higher
and where we humble our hearts before Him.
For it's walking by faith for our own unique issues
and seeking God as each one begins.
It's learning to pray without ceasing each day
and not giving up when answers don't come.
And it's learning to praise God through good times
& bad
and not just when a victory is won.
It's learning to endure the hardships of life
while realizing they all make you look up.
And it's learning to live with the stresses of the
day
while drinking from sovereignty's cup.
It's living with the things that challenge your
beliefs
yet cause faith & certainty to swell.
For it's not the "great times"....but rather the
adversities
that create the faith-stories we tell.
And we'll never enjoy the breakthroughs and
successes
till we've struggled with every challenge to face.
For there's victory on the mountaintops to relish
for the moment
but the valleys are full of His grace.
© Sheila Gosney
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by
so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before
us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For
consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary
and discouraged in your souls.
weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before
us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For
consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary
and discouraged in your souls.
Hebrews 12:1-3 NKJV
Midi: No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus