When you experience the wound of Divine Love, God takes you from the mountain to the valley to act on the heavenly vision he gave you on the mountain. St. Francis gazing at the cross heard God speak these words to him, "Repair my church." This vision totally changed the direction of Francis life to one of simplicity and poverty for the sake of others.
On the Feast of St. Agnes, John Suso sat alone perplexed when suddenly his soul was raptured into ecstasy. There was a shining brightness and joyful sweetness. He fell to the ground like a dead man but inwardly he was full of heavenly delights. Many times when we read accounts where people are taken up to the mountain of God, they are forever changed by God's presence.
The mountain is the high place where God meets you and takes you higher than you have ever been before. On the mountain God moves faith to even move mountains. Even the mountain can be leveled if it stands between you and God.
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