The Rocky Climb

I knew that I was on the path

That You’d laid out for me

And I was clearly underway

When it rose suddenly.

It wasn’t there, and then it was,

Obscuring my whole view

Of where I thought I was to go,

And I lost sight of You.

But I knew where I had to go,

Though it now blocked my way.

So I started to climb on up,

And with each breath I’d pray.

“Oh Lord, I thought that You’d be there

As I travelled this road.

I thought that You would make it smooth

And maybe lift my load.

But here I struggle to comply,

To climb a sheer rock face.

How could You have brought me to this?”

I wept and called for Grace.

I cursed and cried, but carried on.

What else was I to do

If I was to stay on the path

That would lead me to You?

At length I came to rest a top

This obstacle so great,

And bowed my head in humble shame

At what I learned so late.

God had not placed impediments

Across my path at all.

Instead He led me straight into

A fortress strong and tall.

I had not scaled an obstacle,

As I now understand.

I had, instead, climbed from the world

Into my Savior’s hand.

Psalm 62:6

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

This photo was gifted to us by DP, from his latest trip to Korea. WOW! What a ROCK and what a climb!!