Theme: Healing Power of Challenges

Verse: Romans 5: 3-4

Maybe I’m biased because I went to college on the Front Range portion of the Rocky Mountains, but I think running or hiking in the mountains is probably one of the most glorious experiences one can have.

Did you ever wonder why mountain peaks seem so majestic?  Consider that it might be because they rise above sets of deep valleys.

Most people that get to my ADVANCED age (I’m well entrenched in my 7th decade of life) have had their share of valleys on the way to where they are.  And almost anyone that has gotten to that point will tell you that whatever peaks they have reached would not have happened without the lessons they learned while going through the valleys of life.

God uses our challenges to remind us that He is sovereign over all.  He never gives us more than we can handle, and the challenges allow us to reorient our lives guiding us to our higher purpose (1 Corinthians 10:13).

I don’t wish adversity on anyone because it is painful at the moment.  But when you inevitably encounter it, be thankful for the lessons you will learn in the valley and how those lessons will guide you to a mountain peak on the other side.

Have a great week! 

Adapted from They Will Run and Not Grow Weary by David Alan Black