Reached the top...

Or so I thought.

Apparently it was a false summit.

Things seemed just right in a day and then comes the reminder, that I'm not done.

There's still work that needs doing.

It's time to dig deep and help take up the yoke of others. I know it's going to be tough but, trails and tribulation are what build us up. They refine us and makes us stronger and more ourselves, it melts all the parts of us that have gotten crusted over.

Seeing what may be makes me want to strike out at whatever is closest but that's not what is right. I need to save that strength to help sort through the possible rubble and pull out the battered survivors.

I choose to stay on course though and stand and fill the gaps as I'm needed. I choose to place my trust in the only place where it's safe. I choose to listen to my Lord when he tells me "Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:7-9)