God is in the Lesson giving business. I should know because He has presented me with several lesson-learning tests over the years, some appreciated - some not! But the ones He taught me as a child growing up in West Virginia are the most valuable lessons I have ever learned. And the most fun! Nestled between two mountains, with a river running along one of those mountains, my valley home was an exciting place to grow up. There were mountains to climb and a river to explore, and since I was a young girl intent on having fun, I took full advantage of the opportunities offered. I didn't realize while I was having all that fun that God was teaching me Spiritual Lessons from the natural world around me. I never dreamed that one day I would have to learn to love a spiritual valley as much as I loved Jumbo valley, nor did I ever imagine that I would have to climb spiritual mountains and cross spiritual rivers in the same way I did their natural counterparts. But thirty years later, a test came my way that almost destroyed me. Being the merciful God that He is, the Lord strengthened me in my valley experience and started re-teaching me the lessons He had taught me as a child from a spiritual perspective. Let me be your guide as you learn those same principles in, “Lessons Learned in Jumbo Valley.” |