‘The Valley of Weeping’

‘The Valley of Weeping’

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Psalm 84:6

Life can be very hard.  We like the sunny days with cloudless skies, when the path before us is smooth and level.  We know, however, from personal experience, that life has many days full of clouds, wind, hail, rain and turbulence which disrupts us physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially.  The writer of the Psalm from which our text derives today was no stranger to hardship.  He speaks in a picturesque way of ‘the valley of Baca.’  ‘The valley of Baca’ is the ‘valley of weeping.’  Over the next several days, we want to dwell upon this text for our comfort and edification.  The fact is, at times, we all pass through ‘the valley of Baca.’  We suffer our losses and we bear our crosses.  We know the bitter disappointment of dashed dreams and ruined hopes.  We mourn the loss of love and of loved ones.  Friends disappoint and we, in turn, disappoint others.  No life is without these passages through ‘the valley of weeping.’  If that has been, or even today is your experience, understand that you are not alone.  Others have passed this way before you, and there is One, Who above all others understands how you feel.  He is the utterly sympathetic and empathetic Savior.  Look at the path and behold the footprints of the Christ Who feels Your pain.

Our Good and Kind Savior,
we rejoice that You are ever mindful of the dark valleys through which Your people are passing.
We praise You that You do not leave us alone in those valleys,
but, meet us at our point of deepest need.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning