LIVE VERTICALLY.

A metaphor for rock climbing and life.

On a good climb, the moves feel easy.

You get through the cracks. Feel the success.

Euphoria in celebrating all the hard pulls.

Then there is always the bad climb.

Frustration with the moves. Feet keep slipping off.

Lungs out of breath. Disappointment.

And the formidable fall.

In climbing and in life – there’s an awful lot of in between.

Sometimes in life, we find ourselves at the bottom of a cliff looking up.

It looks and feels impossible. We are stuck.

And then He speaks to us.

We have to reach UP.

Grab onto something that is rough and jagged - yet solid.

It is holding on with all our might because we know it is right.

It may be a career, health, or a difficult and heart wrenching decision.

A decision to do something that has been confirmed by a higher source.

Despite the odds.

Despite the steep climb ahead.

Despite the jagged rocks which scrape and break loose and threaten to throw us into a frightening fall – we continue to climb.

Eyes fixed on the ascent.

Clinging to HOPE.

“Don’t look down,” we whisper.

Why dwell on previous falls?

Eyes, hands, and feet fixed on the next move.

Fixed on Him.

It’s all part of a larger plan.

How to LIVE VERTICALLY.