Mountain Tops and Valleys

Mountains Tops and Valleys

You can't see grace for what it is

Until You need it most

You don't know what You really have

Until You lose it all

I've seen Your goodness

In the best, the worst

The joy, the hurt

Every loss and every win

So I'm calling out again

Meet me in the valley, I need You, Lord

Be my shield in the middle of the war

Tell me that I'll make it when I'm not sure.    CHORUS

You'll be faithful like You've been before

Meet me in the valley

Meet me in the valley

Meet me in the valley

If this is where the broken things

Are healed and brought to life

Then lead me through the wilderness

But keep me by Your side

I've seen Your hand at work

In the best, the worst, the joy, the hurt

Every tear that hit the ground

Is a testimony now

CHORUS

What You said on the mountain

Is still true in the valley

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me, follow me

All You've said on the mountain

I'll believe in the valley

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me, follow me, oh-oh (meet me in the valley)

(Meet me in the valley) oh (meet me in the valley, meet me in the valley)

Meet me in this valley

Come meet me in this valley, I need You, Lord

I need You, Lord, ooh, oh yeah, ooh, ooh

Meet me in the valley, I need You, Lord

Be my shield in the middle of the war

Tell me that I'll make it when I'm not sure

You'll be faithful, oh, You've been before

Tasha Layton sings this song. Valleys. We have all been there. It’s tough and it even hurts to watch people we care about when they are in a valley. I recently heard someone say that you should not try to “fix” someone’s valley because it is in the valley that our faith grows. It is in our worst times that we come closer to God than any other time. It can be a time of great sorrow or stress. But that’s when we feel Him draw near. The mountain top is an amazing place to be. But it’s not where we live. We live in a reality which sends us to the valley sometimes. God makes so many promises, and we often feel those when we feel Him drawing near. I do not like valleys. I do not “embrace” them. When things are bad, I pray hoping God will take it away. Sometimes He does. Sometimes He teaches me patience. Sometimes He walks with me through it and teaches me that I am never alone. I am grateful for my valleys. (but I promise you, I would pray against them when they come again). But I trust God to “fix” it or walk with me.

Thank you Lord for Mountains and Valleys. Amen

Shirlene Peterson