“How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose
heart are the highways of Zion!” (Psalm 84:5)
This has
been a very difficult week with many aches and pains. Besides that my tractor is down once again
and correction of the problem has been very slow in coming which has brought
much discouragement and disappointment.
No matter how mature (meaning getting old as dirt) I become, these “days
in the valley” do not become easier.
But this
morning God sent a very special blessing to me, just to let me know He is very
aware of my frustration and pain and will give me all I need to carry out His
specific instructions for me this day, He placed a very special song in my
heart. “We shall behold Him!”
And when I
opened my Bible, it opened to Psalms 84, not a Psalm that carried any special
significance for me until this morning.
It starts out with a very special message for those days when the roof
seems to be about to fall in on us; “Blessed
is the man whose strength is in You.
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools.” (vs. 5-6).
How many
know that every word in the Bible has a very special significance. I was drawn to the word ‘Baca” and after a
bit of research I learned the Valley of Baca is associated with weeping. As a matter of fact the word Baca is derived
from a word that means “to weep”.
Reading
these verses reminded me that to follow God is to be on a long journey - pilgrimage – that traverses all kinds of
terrain. We wind in and out, way up
steep mountains and soon find ourselves in deep valleys; periods of laughter
and excitement followed by periods of weeping and boredom.
I began my
day in the Valley lf Baca, but God send me a very special blessing when He
filled my hearing with “WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM!”
His Word assures me “I do not walk alone”.
Blessings,
Gramps
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