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I am not afraid of heights, but this is a very tall order.

I grew up climbing trees and enjoying the thrill of swaying in the wind near the top of a tall tree. One of the important lessons of tree climbing is to keep looking up. Look down and you are likely to get scared and stop climbing. Keep looking up and you can continue your ascent. Keep looking up!

Loving God can take you to heights you never dreamed of, but you need to keep looking up. Looking down can be scary and cause you to stop climbing. The more you love God, the higher you go, the more vulnerable you become. Loving God requires us to love those around us and when we love others we can get hurt, though rejection, abuse, and manipulation.

People might take advantage of you, dump on you, they might even crucify you. It can be scary to love God that much, but the joy of swaying in the top of the trees awaits you.

Keep looking up.

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Andrew Lopez, RN
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