Anyway, it's been stuck in my head now for days. I'll sing it randomly to make the little man laugh. Ever had a song like that? I'm sure your song is much more mature than mine....and not from an animated movie. But I digress....
Moving on....I was reading a book my BFF gave me last week, and in that book one of the ladies quotes the scripture that says, "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death..." She was remarking in the book about how much she and her friend had been walking, travelling, etc. They made the spiritual connection that they had never thought of the fact before that the scripture doesn't say, "Though I stop and lay down in the shadow of death...."
God doesn't want us to wallow in our trying times. There will be an end to the valley, and we have to walk through it to find the other side. He doesn't want us to get in the middle of it and just quit. He wants us to walk THROUGH the valley...and He's with us all along the way. He wants us to..wait for it....just keep swimming.
So what valley are you walking through today? Have you stopped trying to move through it? Are you just laying down in the valley of the shadow of death? My hope is that on those days when I don't want to try anymore...when I am too tired to continue the journey through....I'll think of the silly little song from the movie. And just keep swimming....=)
3 comments:
Angela, that is THE phrase I have repeated to myself repeatedly since August of last year.
I think life's lessons can be found anywhere...God uses some CRAZY things to get my attention!
Thank you! I needed this today! Love you!
BFF
I say that a lot during the school day! I started doing it last year with my students when they told me something was to hard for them to do. I say it to myself this year because it has been hard.
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