Through My Valley of Tears... Grief Guide Ministries

Written by:  Walterene Jones

I’ve never been one to display many of my personal emotions in public.  Certain members of my family had formed the opinion that I was even a bit hard hearted because even at funerals and the death of my grandparents and sisters I didn’t show much emotion.  Grieving has always been an extremely personal time for me.  I’ve always done my grieving in private.  However, these days after losing my husband, I find that uncontrollable emotion and tears easily and frequently flow and it doesn’t matter who I am with or where I am. 

As women all of us go through deep dark valleys at times.   Some  are divorce, illness, death---there are all types of enormous places of sorrows for us to go through and find ourselves in a

Valley

of

Tears

. God doesn’t promise us a trouble- free life, but He does say that Valleys of Tears will eventually become pools of blessing. We must always remember to choose our attitudes. I have to constantly remind myself that I alone must  decide to trust Him during this difficult season or I can bury myself in bitter self-pity.

“When they walk through the

Valley

of

Weeping

, it will become a place of refreshing springs, where pools of blessing collect after the rains!” Psalm 84:6 (NLT) 

Psalm 27:14, “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord” (NIV).

Psalms 147:3

“He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.”

Psalms 55:22

“Cast your burden on the Lord and he shall sustain you.  He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”

Psalms 30:5

“For his anger is but for a moment, his favor is for life.  Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in the morning.”

Although the pain and loneliness I feel may linger for a long time, I know the Lord will lead me out of my Valley of Tears to a Life filled with Victories and one day I will be standing on a mountain top again.