God’s care on the mountain

In mountaineering, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet. My dad and I wanted to hike a fourteener in Colorado, and I was really looking forward to it.

Unfortunately, we hadn’t completely acclimated to the elevation, and as we got close to the top of the mountain, I was exhausted and didn’t feel well. It was challenging to keep going. 

My dad was super supportive, and he kept encouraging me to take just one more step. I really wanted to make it all the way, but I knew I couldn’t do it through my own strength. So to help shift my perspective, I started thinking about a hymn from the Christian Science Hymnal. It begins: 

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