Up and Down the Mountain |
| Posted by Mike (mike) on Nov 20 2007 |
So what do you do? Do you start to walk back down the mountain? Do you resign yourself that this is just the way it is and live with it? Do you look to other climbers on the mountain and dismiss your feelings of "oops" with 'everyone else is here'? Do you paint your structure and call it good enough or do you de-construct it and rebuild in light of the new discovery.
It would be so easy in a way to set up camp on the mountaintop. Plant the preverbial flag and take solace in the fact that you did climb a mountain, maybe higher than many others, if that really matters. And then spend the rest of your life knowing that there was another mountain to climb.
This doesn’t mean that the first mountain was in vain. After all you learned many good lessons, many mountain climbing skills and principles were learned and the truth is you never would have discovered the next mountain if you had not made the initial assent. This is of minor solice as you know in your heart that the only way to the new mountain is back down the rugged mountainside, through the dry and trechorous valley before you even begin the assent of the new mountain.
All the time you are aware of your friends and critics - " what the hell is he doing?" No matter how you try to explain what you know and see in your heart, it is as if you are indeed from another planet, speaking things that make little sense and doing things that appear even stranger. But in your heart you know what you know. The well meaning come with all sorts of advice, turn back, be content where you are, and of course your critics sound in with 'you made a mistake', "if you’d only repent and you are bound for ruination". Both making little sense in light of a stiil small voice that is softly reassuring – ‘you’re right where I want you", keep going".
None the less, the choice to make your way down the mountain, the choice to de-construct is always bitter with a promise of sweet. I am seeing that as bitter as it may be the promise of the Kingdom of God is indeed worth any cost or reward – so very sweet.
Last changed: Nov 20 2007 at 11:31 AM
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