Climbing Higher

Our Thoughts:

So many things clog our minds, and gets our thoughts on the wrong track. For instance, my friend and I compare notes on how many subscribers we have to our newsletters. She has several thousands, while I have only hundreds. We both worry! She has a few to unsubscribe, and she is almost a basket case. Why? Because she feels that perhaps something is wrong with her newsletter, people don't like the way it's presented, or maybe she is 'too long winded'. It's probably none of the above. People do get wrapped up in 'things', and get too busy to read every newsletter to which they are subscribed. So, they unsubscribe, and perhaps it hits us. I'm climbing slowly with my numbers, and she grew rather quickly, since she also gets more hits to her website. She is more apt to get more unsubscribers than I, since she has a greater number.

We know that God is the one to get the praise, no matter how many subscribers we have. He alone is the reason for the growth, and, should we grow stronger and 'climb higher', it will be only because it's in His will for us to succeed. It's not the number of subscribers to our newsletter that God looks at, but our ability to reach others with His Word. He wants a people that, as they are 'climbing higher', to keep Him in the forefront of their lives.

God's Thoughts:

Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Psalms 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Our Cup:

Heavenly Father, no matter what our lot in life, help us to keep you in the front! Teach us to climb higher, relying completely on your power to get us there! In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

All Scriptures are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

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