Encouragement

While offering some encouragement to a friend of mine I figured I would share this with all... You are you and that is all you can be. The trials and tests of yester-year are only stepping stones to a greater understanding. The valley in itself is a trying place but look around while you're there. Gaze at the mountain top you long to climb again. What do you see? Cold air and a barren height, now while standing in that valley look to the left and right. What do you see? Lush green vegetation and rich fertile earth. The growth of the human soul and the soil with which to plant is found in our low places. It's not the mountain top that has the power to make one happy it is He who made the mountain. I will look unto the hills from whence cometh my help, David said, but then he nailed it when he said my help is not in the hills, my help cometh from the Lord! Therefore if you want anything more out of life, if you want anything more out of yourself, seek Him first. Get so close to Him that everything else fades away.