Maybe the stairmaster would be easier?

One of the great things about keeping a blog, is having the ability to remind yourself of your own words!

There are several big situations going on in my life right now where I cannot see the top of the stairs. And sometimes the unknown is harder to bear than the climbing.

I'm thankful these words are still true.

**Originally published 8/3/09

Sometimes there are situations or seasons of life where it seems like all I'm doing is climbing the stairs up. There is no end, no top, in sight. And the climbing gets hard.

But then I remember that God says:

• "You are with me." Ps. 23:4
• "I will not leave you" Gen 28:15
• "'For I know the plans that I have for you', declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope'". Jer. 29:11
• "Unload all your worries onto him, since he is looking after you." 1 Peter 5:7

What you can't see in the picture above is that little toddler in the green shirt is not alone on those stairs. I, his mother, am with him, just a few steps behind. I will not leave him, or let him fall back down those stairs. And I know something that little boy doesn't. At the top of those stairs is the most magnificent view, and if he just struggles a little longer, continues to climb even when it gets hard he'll get there and see it, making the whole climb worthwhile!

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