One of my favorite songs I listen to often is “Hills and Valleys” by Tauren Wells. I listen to it when I feel over-anxious and I listen to it when I am working out at the gym and I feel overjoyed & empowered. This song “Hills & Valleys,” according to Tauren Wells, was inspired by the quote “When you’re on the mountaintops of life, learn to bow low—and when you’re in the valleys of life, learn to stand tall.” Wells says he hopes the song encourages listeners to remember, “We’re standing in God’s grace, and His grace is enough—He’s the God of the hills and the valleys.”

Remembering He is with us even when we feel absolutely hopeless can have a negative impact on our faith if we feel He has left us in that misery. Forgetting Him when we are coasting through a wonderful stretch of life as if we have no worries may give us a hollowness about our faith. The latter can be something we really don’t recognize until someone sees it for us and reminds us how blessed we are. You are blessed in the good times and you are also blessed when you go through the not so good times. Finding the blessings and your purpose when you’re in the valleys is where we find that foundation of our faith to get through it. Know this. Trust in Him.

Marcia K. Gibney
Director of Recreation Ministry