Mama Monday #86

I worked a shift at the hospital Friday and wrote the following reflection after a visit with one of the patients I got to spend time with. I thought I’d share it with you today for this edition of Mama Monday: ðŸ˜Š


As I walked in, he looked at me with kind eyes and a warm, worn smile.

As I sat down, the tears came— soft at first, then steady— everything spilling out.

How much he missed and loved his wife and daughters.

How he wanted them to be happy, to get along, to know—without question— how deeply he loved them.

He spoke of wanting to tell them plainly when he sees them again, because there is no time left to waste.

He remembered fishing with one of his girls when she was small as he looked back at treasured times together.

When I asked if he wanted to hear a song, he chose Randy Travis’ cover of the song Peace in the Valley.

It’s been said that “he who sings prays twice,” and this song became the right prayer for the right moment— a balm for both our souls.

He listened as the singer promised “There will be peace in the valley for me someday…” and the hope in those words settled gently over the room, a quiet blessing for him, for his family, for the road ahead.

https://youtu.be/AKRlVG3CFhI?si=pVVJGIDfrnQLgHkz

[Verse 1]

Well, I'm tired and so weary, but I must go along

'Til the Lord comes and calls me away

Where the morning's so bright and the Lamb is the light

And the night, night is as fair as the day

[Chorus]

There will be peace in the valley for me some day

There will be peace in the valley for me, oh, Lord, I pray

There'll be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I see

There will be peace in the valley for me

[Verse 2]

Well, the flowers will be blooming and the grass will be green

And the skies will be clear and serene

Where the sun ever beams in this valley of dreams

And no clouds there will ever will be seen

[Chorus]

There will be peace in the valley for me some day

There will be peace in the valley for me, oh, Lord, I pray

There'll be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I see

There will be peace in the valley for me

[Verse 3]

Well, the bear will be gentle and the wolf will be tame

And the lion shall lay down by the lamb

And the beast from the wild shall be led by a child

And I'll be changed, changed from this creature that I am

[Chorus]

There will be peace in the valley for me some day

There will be peace in the valley for me, oh, Lord, I pray

There'll be no sadness, no sorrow, no trouble I see

There will be peace in the valley for me someday

 ðŸ’—

May you both have a taste of God’s peace—not someday but today…..

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