In Hannah Hurnard’s classic allegory, Hinds’ Feet on High Places, little Much-Afraid leaves her home in the Valley to journey to the High Places at the invitation of the Great Shepherd. In the High Places she would finally be delivered from all her fears, her crooked feet made straight, and she would be transformed into Grace and Glory. As she travels, she passes through lovely meadows filled with flowers, over paths where she must clamber over sharp rocks, uphill, downhill, and through the wilderness. Just when she thinks she might begin the final ascent to the High Places, her path turns down or suddenly swings in the opposite direction.

For much of the way, our heroine travels hand-in- hand with two faithful companions named Sorrow and Suffering. In spite of their woeful names, they p…