Mountains and Valleys – A Poetic Autobiography

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?

I have lived down in the depths of the valley where it’s muddy with misfortune and sodden with the tears of trials, change, growth, and discovery.

But I have climbed to the top of life’s mountain and soared by grace on the wings of heaven. I have been lavished with blessing in a land of suffering. I have been given courage in the midst of fear, faith in doubt, solace in the midst of pain.

My autobiography is filled with countless failures and darkened by a shadow I have yet to master. But redemption sits intertwined with tragedy.

There’s no “happily ever after”. Each and every day is a potential disaster. But each day also holds the promise of a new chapter solely because of the grace of God.