The Meeting Place

I have some friends, who do not know each other, experiencing grief, the kind which feels like something has been stolen, leaving an emptiness, and a feeling that something is terribly wrong.  Loss puts us in a dark valley, a place no one wants to be in.  Even so, everyone eventually will experience a dark valley in life.   I have stood in the place of loss, not wanting to be there, feeling like I can't catch my breath, thinking it's a bad dream, wanting to wake up to a new day in a new place.
The question is, "Why?"

To move through the dark valleys of life, we must turn from the desperation of the "why's" and become desperate for God. The thing is . . . the dark valley will become a divine meeting place when we seek God . . . who will meet  all of our needs, making all things new.     

Consider. 

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19, NLT). 

This scripture is one to remember, regardless of the place we find ourselves in.  No need has ever escaped the attention of God; it all has been covered by Christ who chose to be broken for our brokenness.  Our pain has been intercepted at the cross. So. In the dark valleys of life, we can be assured God will be present, providing a way through it, meeting our needs, moment by moment, in His personal and divine way.

There is a divine connection in the process of loss when we become aware God will never leave us, when we realize He is our friend in the best and worst of times, when we surrender our pain and experience freedom from it, when we trust Him in the midst of hardship and receive peace, when we receive eyes of faith to see He will make something good come out of loss, when He walks beside us through the dark valley into the light, when we acquire hope in the most hopeless places of life.

God has made a way for you to get through the darkest of valleys, regardless of who or what is responsible for your loss.  He will meet you in the dark valley, making all things new.

Learning to Kickstart the day trusting God to meet me, even in a dark valley,
Kerrie

(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)