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Wednesday 23 September 2009

Valley and Mountain

There is only one way, and that way leads up the mountain, to meet with my Lord who calls out "Draw near to me, and I will draw near to you".
How often do I still choose the easier way of staying down in the valley, building my golden calf according to the knowledge that I have of how I should behave as a Christian. It all looks nice and shiny, and people admire my 'refined life', but it's just a fascade, made with my own hands, like an upgraded fig leave covering my nakedness.


In the valley my 'self' thrives,
on the mountain it surely dies.

In the valley all I see is ME,
On the mountain HE gives me true identity.

In the valley I make God into an image of my own,
on the mountain I'm changed into His, the image of a Son.

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