"And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted." - Matthew 23:12

Sometimes I wonder at the cycle that I seem to find myself going through. I find myself, like a hiker in the midst of a great and exhilerating mountain climb, reaching one summit only to find that in order to get to a higher position I must first descend. It is as though my desire to draw as close to my Heavenly Father as possible wavers as a graph of a line that, rather than ascending with a good incline, is rather a chart of peaks and valleys. Hopefully though I when looking back I may be able to find that each peak is higer than the last and that the valleys are never as low or lower than the prior. Like many I have been taught that I should be able to depend on myself.

Humility is a very common theme through out the scriptures. I know that I must do more to show that I am not leaning upon my own strength, but that I remember that it is only upon the merits of Christ and by developing my relationship with him that his atoning blood may wash clean as snow, my scarlet sins. I know that he is there if I will only draw upon the strength that He is so willing to offer.