Life is a Steep Climb

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Praying God's Word

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Praise be to You, the God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts me in all my troubles, so that I can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort I myself have received from God. (2 Cor. 1:3-4) You, Lord, are the only One who can turn misery into ministry.

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Life is a Steep Climb

Call Back!

INSPIRATION Life is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody "call back" and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. We are all climbers together, and we must help one another. This mountain climbing is serious business, but glorious. It takes strength and steady step to find the summits. The outlook widens with the altitude. If anyone among us has found anything worthwhile, we ought to "call back."

If you have gone a little way ahead of me, call back--"Twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track; And if, perchance, Faith's light is dim, because the oil is low, Your call will guide my lagging course as wearily I go.

Call back, and tell me that He went with you into the storm; Call back , and say He kept you when the forest's roots were torn; That when the heavens thunder and the earthquake shook the hill, He bore you up and held you where the very air was still.

Oh, friend, call back, and tell me for I cannot see your face; They say it glows with triumph, and your feet bound in the race; But there are mists between us and my spirit eyes are dim, And I cannot see the glory, though I long for word of Him.

But if you'll say He heard you when you prayer was but a cry, And if you'll say He saw you though the night's sin-darkened sky--If you have gone a little way ahead, oh, friend, call back---'Twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track.

Mrs. Charles E. Cowman,
Streams in the Desert

Praying God's Word - Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds; Beth Moore, Broadman & Holman Publishers, page 217, ISBN 0805422351-6