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OUR GOD IS A ROCK!

August 28, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer 3 Comments

My summer was full of mountains. Rocky mountains, Sandia mountains, Sangre de Cristos and Jemez mountains. Tall, craggy mountains, steep mountains shrouded in clouds. Painted mountains lolling by a brown, lazy river.

Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Photo by Sarah Christmyer.

 

I love Colorado and New Mexico. We stayed 8,000 ft up and there were still 3,000 feet to go, to the top of the Brazos cliffs that loomed behind us. The sun and clouds painted a different picture on them every day. It’s impossible to get tired of them.

As I stood looking up at those cliffs, part of Psalm 61 echoed through my mind: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I!

God is a rock

Lead me to the Rock that is God. Steadfast, immovable, even more so than the Brazos. More than the Rockies or Everest itself. Unchanging even though the circumstances of my life, like weather on those cliffs, might paint a different picture and tempt me to think otherwise.

Circumstances might make God seem distant, or fiery, or cloudy or covered in frost. But he’s not.

Our God never changes. And even if mountains might crumble, God will not. God is God yesterday, today, and forever will be the same.

Sit with Psalm 61 awhile…

Hear my cry, O God,
    listen to my prayer;
2 from the end of the earth I call to you
    when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the rock
    that is higher than I,
3 for you have been my refuge,
    a strong tower against the enemy.

4 Let me dwell in your tent forever!
    Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings! Selah

Lead me to the mountain that is higher than I.

God is a rock, a fortress, an immovable mountain. His is a place of meeting high above the earth, above our troubles. In him is rest and sanctuary away from the fray. Take refuge in him.

© 2021 Sarah Christmyer

 

Related posts:

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Comments

  1. Andrea Duguay says

    August 28, 2021 at 2:08 pm

    What a beautiful trip you had. These mountains truly display the mighty majestic Lord we have present in our lives. Pure gift. His grace is enough for me!

  2. Lynette Mcmahon says

    August 28, 2021 at 2:35 pm

    Thank you for sharing your beautiful perspective! For me the mountains are a for-taste of heaven🙌🏻

  3. Dan says

    August 29, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    Thank you for your perspective and sharing it. It was beautiful.

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Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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