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Scaling Walls

 With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.  (Psalm 18:29) 

          Today’s verse is how I tell myself I should be acting. I should be standing on the roof top, fists in the air, shouting, “It’s done! I won! YAY!” But what I feel like I’m doing is staring at my computer in disbelief, amazement, dismay, fear, shock, etc. There’s part of me that says, “Now what?” Another part knows what. There’s a lot of work yet to do on Word Fire and the work can now officially begin on book 4.

          But the thought of book 4 is scary. It took me from 2016 to 2020 to finish books one and two. It took another two years to finish book three. Book four ends the series. I have ideas I don’t feel equal to.

          Of course, this is just my challenge. Maybe you haven’t just finished something. You probably don’t have a book to write. You might be beginning a relationship, or a struggling relationship, a new job, a new school year for yourself or your children or grandchildren. But whatever the challenge is, there’s a wall before you, or there will be. And if you’re like me, you’re not a soldier, a Parkour Gamer or Freerunner. Taking on troops and scaling walls is laughable.

          But David told us the truth. With God’s help, we can face our challenges like spiritual Parkour champs.

 

 

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