Most of the schools here in Hualien are built so that you can see the Mountains from some point and two of my three schools are nestled right at the base of the Mountains. It is still awesome for me to look out the window at the shear wall of the mountain rising right before you eyes. I cannot help but think on the words of the psalmist in Psalm 121, “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”
Lord willing, most of us here in Hualien are in Taroko National Park today hiking up one of those mountains. This is a unique opportunity that God has opened up for us and we are excited to see what He has to teach us through it. There is something about being still before God surrounded by the wonder of all that He has made that is both refreshing and revitalizing after challenging week. It is so easy to get distracted by all the business of day to day living with most of your time taken up with either teaching or planning the lessons for the next day, that it is important to take some time to step back and do a priority check. Is the Lord the one to whom I am lifting up my eyes and in whom I find my all?
Christina Furrow
Singchen, Hualien County
