Peaks for the Soul

Looking from the window of our apartment, I feast my eyes with layers of the Tien Shan mountains silently

singing handiwork, ever new. The first, foothills green with growth, anticipating the morning light; the next layer curiously peering over, dark and withdrawn.  The following layer foreboding and fervent in stance with streaks of white hinting depth of wisdom and beauty; the next covered in a crown of white with gleaming robe that speaks great mystery reaching heights unseen, spotlighted by the morning sun.

These layered peaks are like the layers of truth before me on my lap in the open Book speaking life-giving words in the medley of Psalms 25 through 29:

• Lead me in Your truth; You are the God of my salvation (even in this confusing time)
• The one who fears the Lord will be instructed (I need to engage to be instructed)
• The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him (teach me to fear You only and to hear You)
• Your lovingkindness is before my eyes (in so many ways)
• My foot stands on a level place (even among life’s steep passes and rocky valleys)
• Let me dwell with You and behold Your beauty (especially when the world is ugly)
• The Lord is my strength and my shield, my saving defense. (in the midst of difficulty and disappointment.)
• The voice of the Lord is powerful and majestic. (Towering over all of life’s circumstances like the layers of mountain abundance.)

 I wait for the Lord.  Wait before Him attending and receiving.

Peaks from His word feast our floundering souls!