There I Will Meet Thee
The Christian singer Tasha Layton recently released a song called Meet Me in the Valley . For her the valley is a symbol of a place of suffering and struggle, and one article about the song summarizes, “We talk a lot about mountaintop moments in church. We don’t talk enough about what it actually feels like when you’re in the valley.” If mountains are high points, like Moses meeting God on Mount Sinai, then the valley for her is a low point. This is how the psalmist used the word in this well-known scripture: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). Here the valley represents our greatest difficulties. The lyrics of the song include these words: What You said on the mountain Is still true in the valley Surely goodness and mercy will follow me, follow me All You've said on the mountain I'll believe in the valley Surely goodness and mercy will follow ...