This word is submitted by Inez Brinkley (ibrinkley@jam.rr.com)

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                       In the Valley
 
Seek Me, My beloved, as you walk through the valley. For it is here that 
My soul delights to be with you. Valleys are hard, I know. But here you 
will turn to Me in tears. Here you will turn to Me in your distress.
This is My greatest triumph, for in the valley you will learn to trust 
Me.

In the valley you will reach for My hand. I have longed for this all along.
I have longed for you to turn to Me, to trust Me with all of your needs, 
all of your troubles. Come, My beloved, let us walk together through this 
valley.  Soon we will reach the mountain top where you will digest all that 
you have learned in the valley.

Here we will share happy times together. Here we will walk together towards
the next valley. But the valleys will be less and less, for you will learn
to lean on Me as you walk down this path. And together we will overcome all 
of life's trials. Come child, hold My hand. Let us walk together.