When you go through the valley of tears, don’t stop and buy real estate.
Keep going. Realize its just a valley, but don’t wallow in it, its not a pit. Notice the Israelites don’t set up camp there, keep making forward progress, focus on the destination. Let the valley a place of refreshment (a spring). And even in the valley of weeping, God’s raining down his blessings on you. And don’t trick yourself into thinking you’re in the valley when you’re really not, count your blessings that you’re not instead…
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Brought to you by Psalm 84:5-6. Ali had shared a story about a friend of hers in Arizona that has an 18 month old baby, and her husband of two years died two months ago, and asked a question about what to do with the fear of such a tragedy…