He Never Fails

Yesterday we climbed a mountain to the highest point of Kathmandu, and let me tell you, it was hard. Between the high elevation and the steep mountain side (unless you ask a Nepali…then it would just be called a hill. It’s only a mountain if it is snow capped) it was rough. My legs were growing weak, I was sweating up a storm…I wasn’t sure if I would make it. Thinking about how far I was from the top made me feel even worse.

It had also been a very rough morning for me. I was really starting to feel homesick thinking about how I still won’t see my family for another 11 1/2 weeks. I started questioning my ability to get through these next few weeks without just completely falling apart.

So while we were climbing this mountain, I started thinking of the song One Thing Remains. “Higher than the mountains that I face, stronger than the power of the grave, constant through the trial and the change, this one thing remains.”

I remembered how much that God has provided these past several months from raising funds to safe travels…everything! I was reminded that He is a God of love, and that He truly cares about me. He cares about me enough to invite me along on this incredible journey to win souls for His kingdom!

I kept thinking about how I couldn’t wait for the trip to be over so that I could go back home to my family, my house, my bed, etc. When I was climbing the mountain, all I could think about was how I couldn’t wait to be done with the hike. Then I would pause a moment to look over the rice fields and the cloud covered mountains, and I would just be in awe of how beautiful everything was. Then at the very end I looked at the steps we had just climbed and looked out over the valley of Kathmandu and just feel so accomplished. All the sweat, all the pain, it had been worth it.

These next 11 1/2 weeks are not going to be easy, but I am choosing to enjoy the journey, reflect and see what God has done so far, and stop trying to just “get through it.” I know that when I am finished, I will look back and see how far I’ve come, and it will have been worth it; just like the hike up the mountain. I know this because my God is greater than any mountain I could be faced with.