TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN

I sat within the valley deep

With mountains all around,

And didn’t see the upward path

That God, for me, had found.

Around in darkness, stumbled blind,

And failed to see the light,

That shone upon the given path

On which I could alight.

The mountains loomed and overwhelmed,

In darkness, there I laid,

Until my eyes came off the ground

And saw the path He made.

With weary steps, begun to climb,

With feet upon each ledge,

And often felt the way too steep,

When feet stood on the edge.

When eyes looked down into the valley

And gazed on where I’d been,

My upward steps seemed paralyzed

And light ahead grew dim.

With eyes, again, placed on the light,

The mountains overcome,

I look upon my callous feet

And see how far I’ve come.

I give the valleys quickened glance,

While mountain tops ignored,

And, soon, I find, the summit see,

When eyes stay on the Lord.