A lesson from a mountain

Yesterday at school, I spent some time talking with my supervising teacher. She was very encouraging and it was good to get her feedback. The thing that was most encouraging was that she mentioned that I am willing to allow spiritual discussions to arise in the classroom and let God do what He wants to do. Last night I went to a friend's house and stayed up planning lessons, watching movies and discovering that we didn't have school today.
Today, I woke up and took a wonderfully warm shower and then went to worship practice for Sunday. It is always grand to be in the presence of other believers and worship our creator. Then, I got invited to go climb a mountain. It was such a casual invitation, that I did not know what I was in for. I found out later that this is the tallest mountain close to Fes. It was a long trip up, and one person had to get a ride back when she started getting a rash. After they left, the mountain got even steeper and the person leading us kept telling us the top was just past the ridge. We got past that ridge and there was another ridge. This reminded me a little of life and how when we think that we are good enough, God reminds us of other things that we need to work on to change. Or, when we think we have conquered one challenge, there is another one to face us, but in the end it will be worth so much more than just a pretty view at the top of a mountain.
Then, we had the trip down the mountain. We only walked halfway until we reached the road and could hitch-hike down. However, the trip down the mountain was more of a challenge than the trip up. We went a different way than the way there and it was incredibly steep. It was often hard not to fall and there was much sliding on our bottoms in order to get down safely. It was a slow, quite scary trip down the mountain, but Praise God!! we all made it down safely. This trip up the mountain reminded me that in every challenge God is enough. It also reminded me that every challenge in our lives will  make us stronger in the end.