A Steady Falling Backward

When God changed me, I knew pretty quickly that He had set me on a mountaintop... not one the world could see or recognize, but one He created inside me. A new inner world opened. There was suddenly nowhere higher to climb. My climbing, scrambling, striving days ended in that moment....All because of Him.

So this journey of spirit and soul became something else... a steady falling backward into the unknown, learning to trust that He will catch me.

Like a child jumping from a height, hoping their father's arms are really there.

And His always are.

Each fall carries a sweet joy.

A reshaping.

Each one teaches me something I could not learn any other way.

And every time... He sets me back on the mountain, with a better view of my soul.

And oddly, an anxious excitement for the next...."Jump, kiddo."

We seldom know what's going on inside of someone.... The best shot we have of ever knowing, is to take our eyes off of ourselves and focus love in the direction of others.