[1]My children are well travelled hikers. They have traversed the
many mountain tops of the Green and Adirondack mountains in New England. I for
one love the beauty of the mountains, but I have a fear of heights so each time
I attempt to climb to the top with my children; ¾ of the way up I am suddenly
overcome with fear and need to stop before reaching the summit. I always seem
to say, “This time I will make it all the way up the mountain” but I seem to
always fall short of reaching that glorious peak.
Many of us
dream of the time when we can climb out of the dark valley days we sometime
find ourselves in and join God on the mountain top. We are anxious to get to
the top where God resides; where there’s no pain, poverty, hunger, disease or
war. Sadly, somewhere along the ascent; some of us do everything in our human
power to avoid meeting God face to face because we are fearful the Creator God
will see our humanness.
Don’t we all
have good intentions of getting closer to God?
What keeps
you from reaching the summit?
Rev. Kerry T. Cameron, 4 PTs
Rising United Methodist Parish, New England Annual Conference of the United
Methodist Church
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During
this blessed season of Advent we will enjoy together daily devotions which are
shared by Local Pastors and Associate Members of the United Methodist Church
from around the United States. I
had the privilege of participating in this project, and look forward to sharing
these daily uplifting thoughts with you over the season from now (Thanksgiving)
to January 1st. Each author will be
identified, and we thank them in advance for each contribution.
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