I’ve just borrowed a little book of Mrs. Payne called Valley of Vision. It’s a collection of Puritan prayers – it’s mustard. Like a little devotion book – I’ve been using it this week to help me pray, in particularly in preparation to preach. The picture is my local valley, up at Devil’s Dyke – ironic to be preparing to preach and praying on a hill named after the enemy.
I’ve been meaning to get hold of the Sovereign Grace CD of this, some of the prayers put to music – Valley of Vision CD. You can get the book here.
Lord, High and Holy, Meek and Lowly,
Thou has 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.
