These past couple of weeks have had their ups and downs. As my last post stated, I hit rock bottom but I realized that I needed to build my relationship with God because a relationship with the Lord, like any relationship or friendship, is a two-way street. Anyway fast forward to now and I can tell you that I am on the rebound. I have been diving into the word and doing alot of self-realization about myself and the kind of person that I can and strive to become. To be honest with you, I feel like now I am set free from the burdens and chains that were holding me down in that pit I was in, and as the title of this post says, I am "Scaling the Mountain." What exactly does that mean? Well, to me that means the worst is behind me. That "Rock Bottom" is just that, AT THE BOTTOM. You are now slowly scaling that mountain because you know that what is on top of this mountain is SOOOO worth having and worth striving to have. That journey back to the mountaintop may take a long time. It may take no time at all, or it may not be clear to when you have reached it. Each persons' walk and journey up the mountain is different, but the Lord is always going to guide you and strengthen you.
For me, the journey from the bottom has just begun but I see the light and am basking in it for everyone else to see. I know what the mountain top feels like, how it fills my heart with love, and how it shuns out every insecurity and lonely feelings I have experienced at the bottom. The journey will be tough, it will not be easy, but if I keep trying, keep striving, and never give up on myself then I will get to that mountaintop. If I put my faith in the Lord and persevere with him as my right hand man, then I am unstoppable. I am going to close with a quote from one of my favorite Christian speakers.
“Along the way you might fall down, . .. sometimes in life, you might fall down and can’t find the strength to get back up… do you think you have hope? Because I tell you, I’m down here and I have no arms and no legs, … It should be impossible for me to get up, but it’s not”
- Nick Vujicic
That man has no arms and legs, and eventhough he has no limbs he sees the HOPE that some of us do not see when we are at rock bottom. He goes on to say in another quote that I am going to end with that if you do not try and strive to get back on the mountain top that you will fail that the only time that you will fail is when you have given up. If that kind of man, one without arms and legs, has not given up on himself and on his LORD then what does that say about us who do? I challenge myself to continue to scale the mountain, no matter how many times I fail to make progress and fall back into rock bottom. I will continue to try and try and try and strive to be back on the mountain top and not give up on myself and on the LORD.
"I will try one hundred times to get up, and if I fail one hundred times. If I fail and I give up, will I ever get up? No! If I fail I’ll try again, and again and again. But I want to tell you it’s not the end.”
Lord help us all to understand that even down in rock bottom that when we try and strive to be back on the mountain that you will be there to guide us and comfort us as well as being our strength when we have got no more to give. I ask that you help me in my journey back to the mountaintop and that you bless each and every person in my life no matter if they have hurt me or encouraged me. In your name. Amen
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