Philippians 4:13
I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.
Somehow as a child I managed to memorize the 23 Psalm. This is pretty remarkable since we didn't attend church and I didn't own a Bible and I'd only heard it on a few occasions that I recall - once when I was five in my Grandmother's church in Florida, and a couple times in movies. But I knew it in its entirety by the time I became a Christian when I was 34. All that to tell you those verses which are etched on my soul, elaborate what is stated so concisely by Paul to the Philippians in the fourth chapter.
Sometimes I feel like I'm challenged by Everest. I lurch at the edge of a great crevasse. Treacherous ice sends me hurling downward to have to fight my way up again. I'm blown about by bitter, blinding winds. For a small window of time the sun will shine, the wind will stop, my feet will stick, my legs will work, the ground is solid and I'll make good headway. Then dark clouds close in again. But my determination never dies. I'm gonna summit that darned mountain if it kills me.
That's how I face life's difficulties. I'm going to overcome whatever comes my way even if it kills me. The climber's reward is to crest that peak. My reward is eternal heaven in the arms of my Savior.
He is my determination. He is the strength that keeps my legs moving forward. He is my shield from the blinding wind and the bridge to cross every crevasse. He's the air when I near the summit and I can hardly breathe. He walks with me in the valleys, and shelters me in the storm. He provides me with food and water, and anoints me with grace. He guides and protects me from enemies, and forgives me my faults.
Indeed, in Him, I can do anything.
I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.
Somehow as a child I managed to memorize the 23 Psalm. This is pretty remarkable since we didn't attend church and I didn't own a Bible and I'd only heard it on a few occasions that I recall - once when I was five in my Grandmother's church in Florida, and a couple times in movies. But I knew it in its entirety by the time I became a Christian when I was 34. All that to tell you those verses which are etched on my soul, elaborate what is stated so concisely by Paul to the Philippians in the fourth chapter.
Sometimes I feel like I'm challenged by Everest. I lurch at the edge of a great crevasse. Treacherous ice sends me hurling downward to have to fight my way up again. I'm blown about by bitter, blinding winds. For a small window of time the sun will shine, the wind will stop, my feet will stick, my legs will work, the ground is solid and I'll make good headway. Then dark clouds close in again. But my determination never dies. I'm gonna summit that darned mountain if it kills me.
That's how I face life's difficulties. I'm going to overcome whatever comes my way even if it kills me. The climber's reward is to crest that peak. My reward is eternal heaven in the arms of my Savior.
He is my determination. He is the strength that keeps my legs moving forward. He is my shield from the blinding wind and the bridge to cross every crevasse. He's the air when I near the summit and I can hardly breathe. He walks with me in the valleys, and shelters me in the storm. He provides me with food and water, and anoints me with grace. He guides and protects me from enemies, and forgives me my faults.
Indeed, in Him, I can do anything.
