How do you think about your daily walk and the struggles that you encounter along the path of life? How do you deal with these conflicts, sorrows, and this “topsy and turvey” life we live which seems to be constantly in our lives?
The song, “Peace in the Valley ” was written in 1937 by Thomas A. Dorsey, originally for Mahalia Jackson and has some very good thoughts on how to think “through to the end” of life’s struggles and what’s in store for us in the life beyond.
“Oh well, I’m tired and so weary. But I must go alone. Till the lord comes and calls, calls me away, oh yes. Well the morning’s so bright. And the lamp is alight. And the night, night is as black as the sea, oh yes.
There will be peace in the valley for me, some day. There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray. There’ll be no sadness, no sorrow. No trouble, trouble I see. There will be peace in the valley for me, for me
Well the bear will be gentle. And the wolves will be tame. And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, oh yes. And the beasts from the wild. Shall be lit by a child. And I’ll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, oh yes.
There will be peace in the valley for me, some day. There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray.
Psalm 23:1-6–A psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
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