Quote of the Day #2

Christian writer Barbara Johnson says the most profound things with a wink and a smile. Joni shared this quote from her book, "God's Most Precious Jewels Are crystallized Tears," at our Stephan Ministry meeting tonight:

We talk about grief and hardship as time spent in "the valley." But later, looking back from the hilltop, we see that it was there, in that valley, that we became better persons, selfless servants, stronger Christians. As my daughter-in-love, Shannon, says, we grow when we're down in the valley, because that's where the fertilizer is!