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Friday, March 27, 2009

Excellent!

I just have recently borrowed and then purchased the book The Valley of Vision. Words cannot express how breathtaking beautiful this book is. These prayers unto the Lord in this little volume contain the richness of the sweetness of communion with the Lord. They are prayers composed based on the works of many notable puritans. I highly recommend this be in every family's library. Here is the prayer that is called "The Valley of Vision"...


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.

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