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Thursday, October 25, 2018

The Valle Lacrimum



No one lives in the Valle Lacrimum
though many settle there.
No one lives in in the Valley of Weeping, 
yet many die therein.

That vale of tears is dry;
it is lonesome and cold, 
a valley of jagged, unweathered, 
sharp grief stones. 

But there are some,
a blessed few,
who have found the hidden paths,
a  few who know in their hearts
of the highway through,
the long road home. 

They make that desert valley
a fresh water spring,
and go on from strength to strength, 
hand in hand, foot over foot, 
until everyone has found relief. 

(Psalm 84: 5-7)

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