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If you're looking for another devotional tool to enrich or refresh your walk with God, let me recommend The Valley of Vision. This is a collection of short Puritan prayers, which contain earnest emotion, rich doctrine, and personal hunger for God's fellowship. The prayers are structured in such a way to aid meditation and reflection, and the prayers are organized around key themes.
While I've known of the benefit of this little book for a long time, my problem has often been knowing where to start with it or how to use it. Thankfully, Joe Thorn solved that problem for me over at his blog. Joe has prepared a schedule that enables you to read through this book in 13 weeks, by meditating on three prayers a day (at 9:00, 12:00, and 3:00) Monday-Friday. You can read his own comments about this devotional aid and download the schedule here. You can purchase the book from Amazon, either as leather-bound or soft-cover. As a sample of the rich benefit this little resource offers, I've quoted the first prayer below. The Valley of Vision Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, Where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory. Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, that the valley is the place of vision. Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine; Let me find Thy light in my darkness, Thy life in my death, Thy joy in my sorrow, Thy grace in my sin, Thy riches in my poverty, Thy glory in my valley. Comments are closed.
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