“S overeign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.” But because of you the Lord was angry with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north

"C arry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ," Galatians 6:2, NIV. "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity," Proverbs 17:17, NIV. "Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others,” Philippians 2:4, NIV. My hand gripped the railing, and I thought, ‘walking up these stairs with a hurt knee, is like moving through a trial. It’s one step at a time.’ I held on and used the thin

“W hoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty,” Psalm 91:1, NIV. Have you ever been walking and glanced down at your shadow? I usually look and think, “Are my hips really that big?” I am relieved when I walk under a covering that blocks out my Peter Pan hips. Today I walked under a solar panel parking lot and straddled the line between sun and shade. Then I walked further into the shade, losing my shadow all together. I thought that’