From These Hills

I’ve just returned from a week of refreshment high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Glorieta, New Mexico. Every time I visit Glorieta (and I’ve been doing it for more than forty years) I look at the mountains and reflect on Psalm 121:1-2 – one of the first passages of scripture I memorized as a young Royal Ambassador. The Psalmist must have been in a similar setting when he exclaimed, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills.” As if someone might misunderstand and think he was worshipping the hills instead of the God who created the hills, he continued with a question, “From whence comes my help?” Then came the answer, “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and the earth.” Last week was a good reminder that my Lord is God of the hills. Now that I am out of the mountains, I’m going to try real hard this week to remember that my Lord – since He made the “heaven and the earth” – is God of the valley as well. I invite you to join me in that remembrance. For me that’s more important than it may look on the surface. I go this week to lead a Prayer Conference in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Forty years ago this month we moved to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to minister along the Rio Grande River and more. Stay tuned for some of the “more” next week.