by Ethel Ashe-Frear

Created on: February 20, 2009   Last Updated: October 11, 2010

Hinds’ Feet on High Places - a very unusual journey                       

Most Christian teachings are misunderstood. That’s the problem! Have Christians left behind the teachings of Christ? First of all, what are His teachings? Is there a big long list somewhere we can check off?

A painful trauma in my life led me on a very strange journey to find an answer. This is my story. As Christians there seems to be a teaching taught by some of the churches and believers alike that if we do something wrong we are punished by God. Can’t read this book, can’t read that book!  This was my Baptist background. I found myself in undeserving and constant judgment from people who thought they had all the answers.

I assumed if an educated individual has spent some time in a college or seminary he/she must be a knowledgeable person in his/her field. No, not necessarily so. Some of these learned people “assume” they know all the answers and try to use that education to convince others of their “intelligence.”

I stopped sharing my Bible research experiences because those learned folks continued to tell me I was wrong; that I was making up stories, or ate too many onions the night before! There are a few that did listen but went away puzzled. I began quietly reading lots of books outside of my strict Baptist teaching to find some answers. I soon learned God’s voice is heard in many ways. Sometimes He can speak from a book, a movie, or even in a crisis.

Many years ago, I chose a walk with the Lord, but to the normal logical mind it would not make any sense. A friend brought me a book called, “Hinds’ Feet on High Places,” by Hannah Hurnard. As I read the words, they had a startling effect on me and changed my life. I read it over a weekend and cried on every page while taking notes drenched with tear stains. My life was lacking everything, there was emptiness. I soon realized it was a spiritual emptiness. How could this be? I graduated from a Baptist Bible College.

Much-Afraid, the allegorical character tells of her many trials and tribulations. The feeling of “longing-to-be-loved” was taken out of her heart by the Master Jesus, and the seed of “perfect love” began to grow. Like her, many of us are burdened with sorrow and suffering. Many lives are filled to overflowing

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