Hinds' Feet On High Places

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Influenced by Pilgrim’s Progress, the allegorical novel penned by John Bunyan in the 17th century, Hinds’ Feet is autobiographical in the sense that it draws on some of Hurnard’s own experience and interior life.

Provided with two traveling companions, Sorrow and Suffering, Much-Afraid starts off on the path that will lead her up to the High Places and, so she hopes, to the fulfillment of her heart’s desire. A well-known book by this title explores the journey of a person who learns to overcome fear and suffering like a deer leaping over obstacles. She discovers that the long and arduous path she was given to walk was all in preparation for her new life and was necessary for her to gain a renewed sense of self. But, like the psalmists, Habakkuk did not stop with penning his frustration; he continued wrestling with his confusion until the Lord brought him to a place of resolution.Mountains of Spices,” an allegorical Christian story, compares the nine spices or fragrant oils listed in the Song of Solomon, Chapter 4:13-14 to the nine fruits of the Spirit mentioned in Galatian 5: 22-23. With God’s promises as our strong foundation, we can walk in freedom and courage, as unafraid and undaunted as a deer leaping on high places.

Engaged to be married against her will to her cousin, Craven Fear, Much-Afraid escapes an attempted kidnapping by venturing out of her home in the middle of the night. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.Born to Quaker parents, Hurnard struggled with her faith in her youth but experienced a powerful conversion at the age of 19. At the precipice of the High Places in the place of anointing, she offers her whole life in sacrifice upon an altar, wakes to find that the flower of True Love has blossomed in her heart, and is healed and transformed by bathing in the river of life. Several places in Scripture refer to God making our feet “like hinds’ feet” (Habakkuk 3:19; 2 Samuel 22:34; Psalm 18:33, KJV). Hannah Hurnard (1905–1990) was a 20th-century Christian author, best known for her allegorical novel, Hinds' Feet on High Places. After she spends a great deal of time on the summit of the mountain taking in the beauty of the place and continuing to learn from the Shepherd King, the circumstances of her former life again come to mind, and she realizes that she feels nothing but pity for those who used to make her life miserable.