Better to Surrender

Guess you all are getting tired of my hiking adventures but I can’t resist telling you one more story. My husband and I (yes the mighty duo again) decided to try a different kind of hike; the kind where you you climb boulders, feel like you are going to die, and yet hope for the best. Blount shamed me into going by telling me that his cousin does this so called hike all the time and he is older than me. So off we went to our new adventure. I stood at the bottom of the mountain and could hear the falls (no, I don’t mean the people falling) the falls like Niagra Falls. He said: “Won’t it be great to get to the top and see it?” I am thinking: ” Won’t it be great to get to the top and be alive?” Anyway, we took off up these BIG boulders. Fortunately I had new hiking boots on so the tread was good, and the rocks weren’t too slippery. Up we climbed. Blount was so thrilled; like a kid at Christmas. I was gripping the rocks like a scared nut case. He kept saying that this was like trying to figure out a Rubik’s cube (no clear path; you just have to figure out which boulders to climb to get to the top). I am thinking I never liked Rubik’s cubes to begin with. Half way up I decided it was time to turn back. Yes, here we go again. If you read my last blog, each time I climbed a mountain someone would tell us to climb higher just as I was ready to descend. I was ready to turn back; Blount gleefully was eager to get to the top. Knowing that the last two hikes had I turned back I would have missed the best view, I decided to continue. But this time I asked him to lead. Up to that point I was the brain behind figuring out our path. Now that is scary! Anyone that knows me knows that I can’t even do puzzles. We all have different gifts right?? So he began to lead. And suddenly everything went smoother. My palms quit sweating. My heart stopped racing. He would grab my hand and lead me higher. And once again I sensed the Lord saying to me, let me lead you; let me take you higher. Precious people, God wants us to see the view from the top. He is waiting to take our hand and lead us. The climb up may be really hard and we might be scared but He knows the way if only we will surrender. I may not climb that mountain again (although the view was indeed magnificent) but I will climb other mountains. This time I will let my husband lead. He is better at this. And so is God.