What If You’re Still in the Valley?

Overgrowth can still overwhelm our already lost hearts. Night can still settle over a stretch of horizon we haven’t yet gotten through.

Maybe you’re still in the thick of it. The valley feels endless, and hope seems far away. Where do you turn? Where does God show up as we circle the same path?

Here’s what I’m learning as the valley keeps going: God’s goodness doesn’t skip over the valley. It shows up in it.

Valleys are not despicable, nor are they the destination. They are part of the way. And there is no way but through. With Him. At the cadence you need and the cadence He knows.

You don’t have to rush your way out to be seen by Him. He’s already there with you in the darkness, the disorientation, the deep places where it seems impossible to dig out. God is growing something good in you, through His Spirit, in His way and timing. He’s stretching you and shaping you and wants you to see flickers of His light here, in the waiting, in the shadows. You can persevere through; He will see to it.

I know. My valleys have stretched and stayed, and then they’ve gone. There is no sweet spot of perfection, but there is goodness along the way. God promises.

This season will shift. It’s not a matter of if, but when. And while there are no guarantees for the timeline, there is a companionship that comes as God goes with.

Let these 50 days remind you that you are not forgotten in the middle of your story. Pack this book in your bag for the long road. God’s goodness is here, in the valley, as you walk.

Stay the course. You will make it through.

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All the Hard Things: 50 Days Through the Valley

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