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How Are Tracy and Allen Handling Their Situation?

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  How are Allen & Tracy handling their situation? “The Lord God is my strength,   And He has made my feet like deer’s feet,   And has me walk on my high places.” Habakkuk 3:19 Hannah Hurnard wrote an allegory entitled Hinds Feet on High Places about a little crippled girl named Much Afraid who lives in the village of Much-Trembling, and her desire to go to the high places with the Shepherd.   The story follows her journey not immediately to the wonderful places where the Shepherd resides, but she first goes through the valley and is assigned the unexpected companions of Sorrow and Suffering.   Just as it was confusing to her to continue to limp along and to be plagued by miserable relatives like Craven Fear, Dismal Forebodings and Spiteful, it is also mystifying to us when we accept Christ as our Savior and life seems to get harder rather than easier. At one point as Much Afraid is gazing at the beautiful high places, the Shepherd is pointing in the opposite direction and