The Nutrients in the Valley!

We are all on a journey of healing and it’s not always linear, its often filled with progress as well as regress. Healing is therefore fraught with many valley- and mountain-top experiences. If you are like me, you relish mountain tops and are never ever willing to enter the valley. An interesting fact about the valley though is that this is where soil nutrients are most potent, it’s therefore the perfect place to grow and flourish.

I challenge you therefore that it’s the lessons from the valley that equip us with the will, fortitude and strength to make our way up the mountain side towards the top. When we do make it to the top of the mountain, oh what a feeling, oh the magnificent view, oh the sense of accomplishment. I hope when you get to the top of your mountain, you pause to celebrate growth, reflect on the valley, rest from the climb and always, always give thanks to God.

An often unwelcomed part of this process is that the valley must be revisited periodically. This is difficult to accept because valley experiences can leave you feeling completely defeated. But as you reflect on your life, I know you will agree that the valley has been a learning space where you have drawn closer to God and grown in ways that blow your mind. The lessons from the valley therefore engender new strength to climb and conquer even more mountains.

Ponder this, would you grow as a person avoiding valleys, jumping from mountain top to mountain top? Or marooning yourself on one mountain top never to experience another? Or are you more likely to grow and gain strength climbing many mountains? Well, if you want to reach more mountain tops you have to go down to the valley!

I love that while in the valley mountain tops are not hidden, they stand as visible goals to strive for. They stand as beacons for us to know what’s possible as we go through the tough lessons of the valley.

If you are going through the valley right now, look up and behold the mountain tops, that’s where your help comes from. The valley is not a setback, it’s a set up to climb mountains!!