I just think it is so beautiful with all the images of
all the flowers, and the waterfalls.  All the verses
taken from The Song of Solomon are so beautiful, I
remember reading that a long time ago, and not really
understanding what the words meant,but now they seem
so beautiful, a sort ofpoetry with a great meaning.
I guess all of us have things about us that we think
keep us from being what we long or dream of being, but
it is good to read a bookwhose main theme seems to be
that God sees the finished product, His main purpose
in life is to turn us from who we are, in to what He
wants us to be, this happens as we learn to respond to
all that happens, thesurroundings in which we
findourselves, and the people we have to live with.

Hope all of ou are well.
Rhonda
--- JULIE MELTON <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>  Rhonda, I read that book several years ago, and
> it's wonderful.  I see why
> it would speak particularly well to your situation.
> I pray God makes your
> feet like hinds' feet and sets you on your high
> places.
>
> JulieMelton
> visit me at
> www.heart-and-music.com
> Keep smiling!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:11 PM
> Subject: Hinds Feet In High Places
>
>
> > I am  reading this book, it's great, speaks to my
> > situation, you know the trust issue, and bing
> afraid!
> > Have any of you read this one Hinds feet In High
> > Places  here is a sample from the first chapter:
> > PART ONE
> > "WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT"
> > (psalm 30:5)
> > "O them afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not
> > comforted, Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair
> > colours,
> > And lay thy foundations with sapphires, And I will
> > make thy windows of agates,
> > And thy gates of carbuncles. And all thy
> > borders of pleasant stones."
> > (isa. 54: ii, 12)
> > CHAPTER I
> >  THE INVITATION TO THE HIGH PLACES
> > this is the story of how Much-Afraid escaped from
> her
> > Fearing relatives and went with the Shepherd to
> the
> > High
> > Places where "perfect love casteth out fear".
> > For several years Much-Afraid had been in the
> > service of the Chief Shepherd, whose great flocks
> were
> > pastured down in the Valley of Humiliation. She
> > lived with her friends and fellow-workers Mercy
> and
> > Peace
> > in a tranquil little white cottage in the village
> > of Much-Trembling. She loved her work and desired
> > intensely to please the Chief Shepherd, but happy
> > as she was in most ways, she was conscious of
> several
> > things which hindered her in her work and caused
> her
> > much
> > secret distress and shame.
> > In the first place she was a cripple, with feet so
> > crooked that they often caused her to limp and
> stumble
> > as
> > she went about her work. She had also the very
> > unsightly
> > blemish of a crooked mouth which greatly
> disfigured
> > both
> > expression and speech and was sadly conscious that
> > these
> > ugly blemishes must be a cause of astonishment and
> > offence to many who knew that she was in the
> service
> > of the
> > great Shepherd. Most earnestly she longed to be
> > completely delivered from these shortcomings and
> to be
> > made beautiful, gracious, and strong as were so
> > HINDS' FEET OK HIGH PLACES
> > many of the Shepherd's other workers, and above
> > all to be
> > made like the Chief Shepherd Himself. But she
> feared
> > that
> > stthere could be no deliverance from these two
> > crippling
> > disfigurements
> > and that they must continue to mar her service
> > always.
> > There was, however, another and even greater
> trouble
> > in
> > her life. She was a member of the Family of
> > Fearings, and her relatives were scattered all
> over
> > the valley, so that she could never really escape
> from
> > them. An orphan, she had been brought up in the
> > home of her aunt, poor Mrs. Dismal
> > Forebodings, with her two cousins Gloomy and
> > Spiteful and their brother Craven Fear, a great
> > bully who habitually tormented and persecuted her
> in
> > a really dreadful way.
> > Like most of the other families who lived in the
> > Valley of Humiliation, all the Fearings hated the
> > Chief Shepherd and tried to boycott His
> > servants, and naturally it was a great offence to
> them
> > that
> > one of their own family should have entered His
> > service.
> > Consequently they did all they could both by
> threats
> > and
> > persuasions to get her out of His employment, and
> one
> >  dreadful day they laid before her the family
> > dictum that she must immediately marry her cousin
> > Craven
> > Fear and settle down respectably amongst her
> > own people. If she refused to do this of her own
> free
> > will,
> > they threatened to use force and compel her. Poor
> > Much-Afraid was, of course, overwhelmed with
> > horror at the mere idea, but her relatives always
> > terrified her, and she had never learnt to resist
> or
> > ignore their threats, so she simply sat cowering
> > before
> > them, repeating again and again that nothing would
> > induce her
> > to marry Craven Fear, but quite unable to escape
> from
> > their
> > presence.
> > The unhappy interview therefore lasted a long
> time,
> > and
> > when finally they did leave her for a little, it
> was
> > already
> > early evening. With a surge of relief,
> > Much-Afraid remembered that the Chief Shepherd
> > would then be leading His flocks to their
> accustomed
> > watering-place beside a lovely cascade and pool
> > on the outskirts of the village. To this place she
> was
> > in the habit of going very early every morning to
> meet
> > Him
> > and learn His wishes and commands for the day, and
> > again in the
> > evenings to give her report on the day's work. It
> was
> > now
> > THE INVITATION TO THE HIGH PLACES
> >
> > time to meet Him there beside the pool, and she
> > felt sure He would help her and not permit her
> > relatives to kidnap her and force her to leave His
> > service for the dreadful slavery of marriage with
> > Craven Fear.
> > Still shaking with fear and without pausing to
> wash
> > the tears from
> > her face, Much-Afraid shut the door of the
> > cottage and started off for the cascade and the
> pool.
> > The quiet evening light was filling the Valley of
> > Humiliation with a golden glow as she left the
> > village and started to cross the fields. Beyond
> the
> > river, the mountains which bounded the eastern
> side of
> > the
> > Valley like towering ramparts were already tinged
> with
> > pink, and
> > their deep gorges were filled with lovely and
> > mysterious shadows. Through the quiet and peace of
> > this
> > tranquil evening, poor, terrified Much-Afraid
> > came to the pool where the Shepherd was waiting
> for
> > her,
> > and told Him of her dreadful plight.
> > "What shall I do?"' she cried as she ended the
> > recital. "How can I escape? They can't really
> > force me to marry my cousin Craven, can they? Oh!
> > " cried she, overwhelmed again at the very thought
> of
> > such
> > a prospect, "it is dreadful enough to be
> > Much-Afraid, but to think of having to be Mrs.
> > Craven Fear for the rest of my life and never able
> >  to escape from the torment of it is more than I
> > can bear."
>
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