Prayer: The Valley of Vision

Title:   Prayer: The Valley of Vision

Today, I want to share from a prayer book called “The Valley of Vision.”  These prayers are from those who held to the doctrine of grace and recorded God’s intimate dealings with their souls to test their spiritual growth, and to encourage themselves in times of low spiritual fervor.  May the Lord at this season of His soon return bring forth a newness of heart and soul intimacy with Him through our prayers.

LORD, High and Holy, Meek and Lowly,
Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,
where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights;
hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox
that the way down is the way up,
that to be low is to be high,
that the broken heart is the healed heart,
that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,
that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,
that to have nothing is to possess all,
that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,
that to give is to receive,
that the valley is the place of vision.
Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,
and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine;
Let me find Thy light in my darkness,
Thy life in my death,
Thy joy in my sorrow
Thy grace in my sin,
Thy riches in my poverty
Thy glory in my valley.
Thank You Lord!!  

(Submitted by Cheryl Torain)