I have come to realize that after an exciting event takes place in my life I feel a kind of let-down. It's over. It's kinda sad. Back to reality. Back to the same old, same old. And I've come to realize that I need to be on my guard. This time of feeling a little down is the perfect time for Satan to take advantage of me. I've come down off of the mountain and re-entered the valley (where most of the living actually takes place). I'm more vulnerable here--an easier target. Therefore, I need to take this opportunity to pray. To pray for protection from the evil one. To pray for strength to withstand his fiery darts. To pray for joy in the midst of the daily.
Anyway, all that to say that life ebbs and flows. There are spiritual mountaintops and spiritual valleys, and they are all a part of the journey. As the old song goes "Love to live on the mountaintop and be fellowshipping with the Lord. Love to stand on the mountaintop, and I love to feel my spirit soar. But I must come down from the mountaintop to the people in the valley below. They'll never know that they can go to the mountain of the Lord."
Jesus didn't always stay up on the mountain, either. He went up on the mountain to pray, to rest. But He always returned to the people to minister and give of Himself to them. I need to do that, too--return to my people (my family) and minister and give of myself to them again.
I feel like I'm rambling, but it's what's been going on in my brain these last few days. And sometimes pounding it out through these computer keys helps it all make a little more sense. So, I'm not caught up with the household chores. I may never be. But spending time on the mountain and in the valley doing what God wants me to do (in both places) is the more important thing. It is.
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