Meeting myself where I'm at
Sg. Palas plantation in Cameron Highlands, 2017 Once upon a time, someone had told me about a vision they saw of me, lying in the grass on top a hill staring up to the sky, and looking at the valley beneath, knowing that God was everywhere. If only that'd be the case all the time! The spiritual journey is sometimes described as 'hills and valleys' (and yes, I love that song!). More often than not, my valley experiences outlast my view at the top. When I hit rock bottom, my first though would always be, "Sigh. Time to start it all over again." But a saying like that made things worse for me. I'd feel more discouraged than inspired to keep pushing. It's likened to playing Snakes & Ladders and constantly coming down the ladders no matter how far you run in your journey. So I stopped. Instead, I started to pray that God will meet me where I'm at no matter which ditch or ledge I'm hanging on to and to continue up from there. I didn't want to ...