Make It A Spring

"How blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee.  In whose heart are the highways to Zion!  Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring.  The early rain also covers it with blessings.  They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion."  (Psalm 84: 5-7)

Today, Barb had her appointed time with our beloved Chiropractor, Dr. D.,  and ALWAYS, while there we have a Biblical discussion during her "bend and flex" session.  And of course, today was no different than it has been for over a decade or two, perhaps.

Anyway, Dr. D asked me if there was anything that had settled in my heart during this week from God's Word and naturally (those of you who know me know that) I had a response.  In fact, just last week in a home Bible study we had gone through the 3rd book of The Psalms and of course my second favorite verse of scripture in Psalms (second only to Psalms 51) is in chapter 84 and so I shared with him these verses and explained how important it is for us to recognize that we are not merely passing on scripture but "building wells" in life as people come after us, those who suffer some of life's difficulties that we have.

How important it is that as His disciples that while we are experiencing these difficult times in life, that we stop long enough to dig a well ("make it a spring") so that when these others pass this way, they too, will be able to be refreshed along the way.  There is so much more joy than sorrow as we suffer trials if we know and truly understand God's Holy Word.  We actually have the ability to help another that we may in fact, never meet in this life as they travel through this sorrow.

"The valley of Baca"  also known as "the way of sorrow".  Not much to look at and certainly not overwhelmingly encouraging, but God puts it in just a way that we can see His glory in the act.

Your facing a trial this very day, in your life.  Are you sitting in a corner feeling very sorry, or are you making "the way of sorrow" a place of refreshment for another somewhere down the road.  They say that "beauty is in the eye's of the beholder"!  I say the gift of mercy is in the "heart of the sufferer."

Maybe we all should start carrying a shovel around with us.

To my precious friend...Dr. D

Dave