The lord god is my strength my source of courage, my invincible army. Follow muchafraid on her spiritual journey through difficult places with her two companions, sorrow and suffering. But what are these high places, why hinds feet and what does it all mean to us. Despite this awesome witness, later in her life hannah showed the everlurking danger of trusting inner voices. Hinds feet on high places quotes showing of 42 she bent forward to look, then gave a startled little cry and drew back. Jehovah the lord is my strength, and he doth make my feet like hinds, and on my highplaces causeth me to tread. He makes my feet like hinds feet and will make me to. And setteth me upon my high places places of safety or refuge. Hinds feet on high places by hannah hurnard, paperback. The lord god is my strength, and he has made my feet like hinds feet, and makes me walk on my high places. Hinds feet on high places is an allegorical novel by hannah hurnard that illustrates the christian journey from immature believer to mature believer. With over 2 million copies sold, hinds feet on high places remains hannah hurnards best known and most beloved book. What does it mean that god makes our feet like the feet of. He has made my feet steady and sure like hinds feet and makes me walk forward with spiritual confidence on my high places of challenge and responsibility.
The book is an allegory, wherein the main character, muchafraid, takes a journey up a rocky mountainside for which she must develop hinds feet to reach the high places. Habakkuk and hinds feet armed with strength series. It was published in 1955 and follows the story of a girl named much afraid through her journey to the peak of the mountain. Though god may not want us to live on the mountain top cf.
Hinds feet on high places is an allegorical novel by english author hannah hurnard. Hinds feet was written in 1955 and has become a very successful work of christian fiction, seeing new editions published as recently as july, 2005. This book is a beautiful allegory dramatizing the yearning of gods children to be led to new heights of love, joy, and victory. He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. Hinds feet on high places chapter 4 start for the high places chapter 4 opens as we take in the beauty of the valley. And i, on those high places where thou art, will follow on hinds feet. Much afraid is an orphan with deformities in her face and feet. Hinds feet on high places by hannah hurnard is an allegorical novel that traces the steps of the main character, muchafraid, from a frightened, deformed, lost soul to a beautiful, spiritually connected, joyful being. Throughout the story, muchafraid faces innumerable and seemingly impossible obstacles on her journey.
Hinds feet on high places this is a blog for those who are reading, have read, or have been in one way or another impacted by hannah hurnards book, hinds feet on high places. In the first place she was a cripple, with feet so crooked that they often caused her to limp and. The conquerors feet had been shod by a divine hand, and the next note must, therefore, refer to them. Hinds feet, a commonlyused phrase that derives from the bible, and it is used in the holy text to describe a persons ability to overcome a challenge that has been affecting them or worrying them with ease and success. Hurnard turns it to rhyme and places sections of it throughout her story, giving it fresh meaning in an alltoocynical society. Hinds feet on high places by hannah hurnard is a highly allegorical novel that traces the steps of the main character, muchafraid, from a frightened, deformed, lost soul to a beautiful, spiritually connected, joyful being. Hinds feet on high places is an allegory to help you sort out for yourself the old fleshly ways that have so hindered your identity in jesus.
Christians, what does it mean to walk with hinds feet on. This text speaks to me of spiritual mountain top experiences. The lord god is my strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army. In the greek it speaks of above the sky or heavenly. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. Hinds feet on my high places sermon by maurice mccarthy. All youll need for the trip is your own copy of the book, usually available at your local christian bookstore.
He maketh my feet like hinds feet, and setteth me upon my high places. Pursuing his foes the warrior had been swift of foot as a young roe, but, instead of taking pleasure in the legs of a man, he ascribes the boon of swiftness to the lord alone. In this moving tale, follow muchafraid on her spiritual journey as she overcomes many dangers and mounts at last to the high places. Hinds feet on high places kindle edition by hurnard. A hind is a female deer that can place her back feet exactly where her front feet stepped. Really appreciate this meaning and the bible explanation from habbakuk, i. Jehovah the lord is my strength, who setteth my feet like those of binds, and maketh me to march upon my high places habakkuk 3. Definition of high in the hebrew, the word high means elevation, or height. The book club i am in is reading hinds feet on high places by hannah hurnard this month.
Why you cant make a deal with god theologically driven. Muchafraid has learnt to trust and obey the shepherd even in the darkest valleys, to be confident that in the end he always keeps his promises. Youngs literal bible god, the lord, is my strength, and he maketh my feet like hinds feet, and he maketh me to walk upon my high places. Hinds synonyms, hinds pronunciation, hinds translation, english dictionary definition of hinds. Hinds feet was written in 1955 and has become a very successful work. Hannah hurnard, quote from hinds feet on high places make haste, beloved, be thou like an hart on mountains spicy sweet. Muchafraid casts herself down onto an altar to sacrifice her offering. She had the feeling that somehow, in the very faroff places, perhaps even in faroff ages, there would be a meaning found to all sorrow and an answer too fair and wonderful to be as yet understood. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the produce of the field.
The hind is the female deer, remarkable for fleetness or swiftness. This book has inspired millions of people to become surefooted in their faith even when facing the rockiest of lifes terrain. The meaning here is, that god had made him alert or active, enabling him to pursue a flying enemy, or to escape from a swiftrunning foe. Its true that the climb up to the high places is a bit more challenging than a level foot path in the valley. Indeed god is calling us in this time to walk upon high places in him. He makes my feet like hinds feet, and sets me on my high. This study guide consists of approximately 44 pages of chapter summaries, quotes. Hinds gazelles feet imply the swiftness with which god enables him the prophet and his people to escape from his enemies, and return to his. It is in the high places of the realm of love that muchafraid becomes grace and glory and her companions, suffering and sorrow, become her handmaidens, joy and peace. Hinds feet on high places 4 desired intensely to please the chief shepherd, but happy as she was in most ways, she was conscious of several things which hindered her in her work and caused her much secret distress and shame.
And he made him suck honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty rock. See more ideas about place quotes, inspirational bible quotes and lds art. He makes my feet like hinds feet, and sets me on my high places. There was indeed a seed lying in the palm of his hand, but it was shaped exactly like a long, sharplypointed thorn. Hinds feet hinds feet are the first and most important promise the shepherd makes to muchafraid. The original and complete allegory with a devotional and journal for women by darien cooper, p. To make the feet like those of hinds denotes the natural in the freedom of the affections.
Speaking of the carpet of flowers, the shepherd states. With help, she tears human love from her heart and lays her life on the altar. In times of danger, she is able to run securely and not get off track. She is encouraged on her way by the chief shepherd, who comes to her.
Hinds feet on high places is one of hannah hurnards best known and best loved books. The hind is able to scale unusually difficult terrain and elude predators. This comes from verse 33 in psalm 18, where it reads. Mk 9, for that is what we get when we get to heaven. He makes my feet like hinds feet and will make me to walk, not to stand still in terror, but to walk and make spiritual progress upon my high places of trouble, suffering, or responsibility. Places where the air is pure, the view pristine, distractions are far below, and there are paths just big enough for the two of you. These are the key verses for this hinds feet ministry. Hinds feet on high places remains hannah hurnards best known and most beloved book. Our inspiration and why hinds feet is significant to us our hope for you while at his high places is that you would run with abandonment and find the fullest measure of joy in the lord, regardless of your circumstances. As close behind the hart, there leaps the roe, so where thou goest, i will surely go. So when we talk about high places it is the same as talking about heavenly places. Hinds feet on high places, with more than 2,000,000 copies sold, is a story of endurance, persistence, and reliance on god. And he gave her books to writebooks such as the everpopular hinds feet in high places.
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