Stories/Allegory/Hinds' Feet on High Places

Hinds' Feet on High Places is a Christian Allegorical Novel by Hannah Hurnard.

Synopsis/ Description:

Much-Afraid seeks God by going on a journey to the High Places, but along the way the Shepherd leads her to the Valley of Losses. There is a lot of heartbreak and loneliness and fear in this valley. She says, “How could one follow a Person who asked so much, who demanded such impossible things, who took away everything?” Like Much-Afraid, I am feeling loss – loss of my home, loss of my family, loss of my friends, loss of everything that is familiar. Going on the mission field for me very much feels like walking through the valley of losses.

It can be easy to listen to the Enemy’s lies about who God is and wonder if it’s worth it to give everything up for Him. However, after Much-Afraid walked through the Valley of Losses, she arrived at the Place of Anointing where the Shepherd showed her a great waterfall. At first the water seemed terrible to her, because the water left the great heights and they were cast down to the rocks. But as she looked closer, she saw that as the water cast themselves down, they abandoned themselves “to ecstasy and joy indescribable”.

https://gocorps.org/goers/2019jeanne/blog/2019/08/hinds-feet-high-places