  THE VALLEY SONG ( SING OF YOUR MERCY)  by urlLink JARS OF CLAY ,  taken from FURTHERMORE,
 their new album -  great compilation from one of my fave bands!  :  You have led me to the sadness i have carried this pain on a back bruised,  nearly broken i'm crying out to You i will sing of Your mercy that leads me through valleys of sorrow to rivers of joy when death,  like a gypsy comes to steal what i love i will still look to the heavens i will still seek your face but i fear You aren't listening because there are no words just the stillness and the hunger for a faith that assures CHORUS alleluia,
 alleluia while we wait for rescue with our eyes tightly shut face to the ground using our hands to cover the fatal cut though the pain is an ocean tossing us around,  around,  around You have calmed greater waters higher mountains have come down *  I like it so much because of the message.  In the midst of our pain,  we are encouraged to remember Him.  When we are bruised and broken,
 we are called to remember His sufferings.  Jesus carried His cross on a bruised and bloody back and walked directly into crucifixion for something He did not do.  He was killed by people He loved and cared for,  abandoned by all.  But He walked that valley.  He carried that cross.  He completed His assignment.  He purchased our salvation.  When you think you can't make it through the valley,
 when the pain gets too great to bear,  when you can't take another step- remember the cross.  Draw strength from the cross,  fall on your face at the foot of the cross and let the One who bore it all help you bear it now.
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 Reflection on urlLink The Valley Song Source :  urlLink SolidSounds. org ,  featuring insights from Gods Word on the lyrics of todays Christian music *  Gems,  does that describe our situation or what?  Or mine lang?  Hmmm .  hehehe : D 
