Valley

Luke 3:5 - Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth.

I was thinking about valleys.  We always describe the seasons of our lives to valleys and mountaintops.  However, I have never pondered the significance of the valley.

The mountains and hills give you vision into the land; however, in a valley, you find the necessities.  In a valley, you find riverbeds with endless food supplies.  Not only do the fish live there but most animals live closest to the source of water and safety that the valley provides.  The valley normally also contains the most vegitation.  The valley is also the place where everything from the mountains gravitate.  The valley contains a collection of all that the mountains once contained.

Where would you wanna build a house? Your shelter?....I want to be in the valley.  Life isn't about staying on the mountaintop.  It's about resting in the shadow of the almighty and drinking from the River that never runs dry.  I will search in the depths of the earth and will be found content.

I was gonna paste some pretty rad pictures of valley's but they have this copyright thing!  Google if you have time, it changed my perspective about the reality of everyday life as a christian.