My Greatest Fear
* If I could live anywhere I would choose a place like this, somewhere among the meadows and wildflowers of the Swiss Alps. Ever since I first read Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John and Heidi by Johanna Spyri , I have thought that that life was about as good as it gets this side of heaven. But I have learned with Paul "in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content." And I have discovered that there is a heaven on earth more beautiful and more satisfying than anything this world can afford. That 'heaven' is far more wondrous than any of the sights or scenes which these eyes can see. The heaven of which I speak is the favour of God. It is the nearness of the Saviour whose lovingkindness is better than life, and under whose wings the saints rejoice. That heaven is the joy of being in the fire with One like the Son of God. If I had a cabin and a home in the Alps I would be afraid of losing it. ...