He-Said-She-Said, What is This Mountain That You Want? | He Called Me to the Mountain

Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Micah 4:2

God rocks! Not in a musical sense, though I suspect any God who turns water into wine can boogie and line-dance, too. But “God rocks” litter my life: pebble-size problems that appear as boulders in my tiny eyes.

Every few months God calls me to the mountain. I love the beach and surf and the softness of the sand, but my encounters with God on the coast are filled with rest, warmth and reassurance. The God of the mountain is stern and strenuous.

So I came to His mountain, tripping over rocks until I fell to my knees. While a cool breeze wafted through the trees I laid back, resting my head on a flat rock in the meadow on Boggs Bunion. There I thought of Jacob and his dream and in the whisper of wind I heard: What is this mountain that you want?

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