Gratefulness in the Valley.
It’s the coldest winter for my friend. She is enduring the frost on her soul. Nothing warms her spirit. It is all gray. Tears run and she doesn’t even notice them. But still she cries out… cries from a corner, the deepest corner of her soul, and I hear her say, “I know the Lord is good. He is faithful. I thank him because on his mercy He did not allow a greater storm.”
I pray to God and I ask him to give me grateful heart in the midst of the most terrible winters of life. In the valley of shadow of death. When nothing seems to be pretty. When doubts arise and it seems that the whole world is falling down. When sorrow and grief are so present that you can almost touch them.
A grateful heart, O Lord, give me a grateful heart.
157. Thank you for giving us hope, and grace to endure.
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Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Oh, that struck me. And that you would care so .May she find peace.
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Thank you for your prayers. She really needs them.
Thank you!
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Praying for your friend. So sad. I also pray that if I ever endure such a sadness, that I too would look to God for comfort and peace. That His grace would see me through it – as I know He would.
Blessings to you and yours…
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Thank you, Kristy, may God give us endurance to pray for our friends in Christ that are suffering. May God help us to endure with them in prayer.
Thanks again.
Becky
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Tyne,
Thank you!
I am so glad you have been enjoying your visits to this site. You are always welcome !
May you find here few words that bring grace to the hearer; fresh water on the road, but mostly, may God’s Supreme Word reign in you.
Becky.
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 2:05 PM
I have so enjoyed perusing your blog and love this post in particular. Thanks for sharing, found you through Holy Experience and will add you to my blogroll!