Meet Me In The Valley | Short Film

Added: 2026-05-09

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[00:01:03]I've heard it said that you can heal in intense situations the same way you were hurt in intense situations.

[00:01:12]And you know, throughout my own healing and freedom journey, I have had to face and acknowledge and feel my emotions.

[00:01:24]And the way to my healing was through grief and through the low points. I couldn't go around it. I had to go through. And we know that Psalm 23, yay, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

[00:01:37]And so I've come to this place for solitude to strip away the noise to put away any distractions and to come and meet with God. What could he do out here in me and through me in an intense situation? How could he heal my heart from things that maybe I don't even know haven't healed up yet?

[00:02:03]You know, I I think this is not only a valley, it's also a desert. And I I can't wait to see what God's going to do in my heart. But even beyond that, like what is he going to show me for people who are walking through their own valleys? Cuz my healing and my freedom, it's so much sweeter knowing that God didn't waste anything and that he uses everything that I've walked through to to help people walk through their own valleys. And so it's beautiful.

[00:02:38]I'm scared. Um, there are rattlesnakes, there are scorpions, there are mountain lions, and mostly I'm afraid of like any kind of person that would come out here.

[00:02:48]I'm more afraid of people. But it is so stunning. Look at this.

[00:03:16]So, I've come to take inventory. I've come to look back. And I've come to look forward and see what God has for me here.

[00:03:51]You know, when I was younger, I was an adrenaline junkie. I jumped out of planes. I did crazy level rafting and extreme four-wheeling in the desert. I bungee jumped. I did all these things.

[00:04:04]And like I'm sitting here on this like ground. And I know that if anything came upon me like a vehicle or footsteps or anything like that. Like you can hear everything out here. And so um I know that logically in my head, but when you're in the desert valley alone and all that, you fear things you wouldn't normally fear. And so I heard the fire crackle and I was like holding my breath, you know, cuz I didn't want um I didn't know if there was somebody out there, you know, it's just crazy. And so anyway, I'm excited that I, you know, am going to be taking you along on this journey. Bye-bye.

[00:04:49]Heat. Heat.

[00:05:23]It's interesting as I'm thinking of like themes of the valley and just that being, you know, symbolic for the lowest points of our our lives.

[00:05:36]I also see the beauty in it and how much good can be there. I've heard someone say you can never steal someone's rock bottom because that's when they feel the closest to God. And I will say I I feel pretty close to God out here. It's like it's like sitting at the beach. Um just the vastness and how big it is out here. I don't have any sense of um where I am or what's happening around me. And I think that's also indicative of valleys where we we're just like, I don't know what's going on, but I'm just surviving, you know? Um and sometimes we need that. We need to just be We don't have to think about what we're not doing or what we are doing or what you think you should be doing or what you think you shouldn't be doing.

[00:06:49]But just be.

[00:06:53]Look at this.

[00:07:05]Just be.

[00:07:11]You can't see grace for what it is until you need it most. You don't know what you really have until you lose it all. I've seen your goodness in the best, the worst, the joy, the hurt, every loss, and every win.

[00:07:35]So I'm calling out again. Meet me in the valley. I need you, Lord. Be my shield in the middle of the war. Tell me that I'll make it when I'm not sure. You'll be faithful like you've been before.

[00:07:52]Meet me in the valley.

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[00:08:28]I remember when I was in Israel, I um was in the desert where David probably fled from Saul and um there was like this little crack in the in the mountain and all this sand and dry desert and this little crack and then this sliver of water coming down in the mountain there's like such a a beautiful little um vegetation area and stream and this ibex which is basically a deer um is like running frolicking around this thing and I'm like oh my gosh this is where David wrote as the deer pants for the water and this is the exact scene he probably saw. So, every time I'm in a an atmosphere like this, I think of David.

[00:09:18]And that scene makes the Bible come to life for me.

[00:09:48]When I was in seminary, I read the Bible through and I've done it at another time as well, but like something about doing it in two years is like so much easier and more lifegiving because I can remember things better because there's space around it and smaller excerpts like I'm I'm really letting it take root in my heart versus just like skimming and rushing through it and then I have time to like look stuff up and all that. But it's just like it's so awesome and you're digging a well in your life when you're reading scripture. You're literally changing the way you think and who you are. And it's such a, you know, trite thing to say, well, get in your word or whatever.

[00:10:42]But it really is life-changing. We need a deep well and we need fresh rain as believers. And I think, you know, we've got lots of mountaintop experiences being the fresh rain, but the scriptures, they literally dig that deep well that we need when it is dry. Like I I'm sitting in the middle of these desert dunes and it's so dry out here and yet Jesus says, "I am the living water and he is the word." And so when we, you know, digest this and pour ourselves into this book, it's life-changing.

[00:11:26]It really is life-changing.

[00:11:28]And it not only changes us, it it changes those around us too that we come in contact with. Cuz it's kingdom.

[00:11:36]It's multiplication.

[00:11:38]It's the fact that when God changes you, it changes the world around you. What he does inside of you and through you. It's incredible.

[00:11:51]Everything about us, we're just a whole person. We're not separated out, compartmentalized.

[00:12:06]Sometimes it's easier to be compartmentalized.

[00:12:15]Sometimes it's easier not to feel.

[00:12:19]For me, it's almost always easier not to feel.

[00:12:27]not to admit things, lie to myself about stuff, just ignore it.

[00:12:39]The way out is not to ignore, but to go through.

[00:12:48]It's God's way.

[00:13:10]Okay, guys.

[00:13:12]You ready for this?

[00:13:32]Jesus says, "I am the light of the world."

[00:13:38]Says, "I am the bread of life.

[00:13:43]I am the river that doesn't dry.

[00:13:50]my new firm foundation.

[00:13:54]Right now I'm tired and thirsty and cold, hungry.

[00:14:05]I read today that he turns away from rapin as that we're just human.

[00:14:17]Jesus, I pray that you would be my light, my warmth, seeing bread, the water that quenches my thirst, my The shelter I cannot enter.

[00:14:48]Strong tower.

[00:14:54]Said the righteous run into it and were saved.

[00:15:12]I was afraid last night and I um I was just like I know these are normal noises but why is it scaring me?

[00:15:22]And I was like rebuking the spirit of fear and I was taking it to Jesus and I was doing all the things and I still was like I still feel anxious and afraid right now and um I am wrestling with that a little bit cuz I'm like my faith like I'm strong in my faith and I'm like why why can I not you know it's crazy that I can have um bravery and courage or ma actually light bulb moment.

[00:16:00]I had courage last night and bravery because I did it scared. I didn't give in I think my my day overall is like this mixture of hard and peace and I don't I don't think it's wrong for those to coexist and even joy and sadness. I sometimes as Christians we think it's got to it's got to be one or the other. Mostly joy because the joy of the Lord is our strength, right?

[00:17:18]And we have to start admitting that the two coincide and the conflicting emotions.

[00:17:30]It's it's good to feel all of them.

[00:18:12]You guys, I am at Bad Water Basin and I'm so far below sea level. And as I was hiking in, I overheard um somebody say like who I don't know if they were a park ranger or they used to give tours or whatever, but like how insane it is. Um it's like once in a lifetime to be able to see this valley full of water.

[00:18:39]And um I got to say I think it's a sign from God like that he is literally giving me this beautiful experience this once in a-lifetime thing right now. Look at this.

[00:18:58]I've never seen anything like it. Like I just it's incredible.

[00:19:05]And even in like the lowest valley, there can be surprises from God. There can be beauty. There can be goodness.

[00:19:27]Heat. Heat. Heat.

[00:19:38]I need you, Lord.

[00:19:46]Oh yeah.

[00:19:52]Oh, I'm an introvert, so I actually really recharge being alone. But this is different. This is another level. This is like isolation, not just solitude in some ways. And I don't think I anticipated the fear of of truly being isolated. The things that I've realized are how important my people are to me and how peripheral things don't really matter. Like when you're in a situation like this, the things that really matter come to the surface. And when you're in a valley experience, especially because there's no water source here, like there's no shelter here. I have a tent.

[00:20:50]I brought that tent with me. But if I was out here alone, it would literally would be a David being hidden in the cliff of the rock by God moment out here looking for shelter. And there's nothing to eat. There's I mean, there's nothing out here.

[00:21:08]And I have really come to appreciate what's important, what really matters, things that are vital, things that are things that are not. I don't really want to do Why are you downcast, oh my soul?

[00:22:03]And why are you in turmoil within me?

[00:22:06]Hope in God for I shall again praise him. My salvation and my God.

[00:22:13]Deep calls to deep. At the roar of your waterfalls, all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. By day, the Lord commands his steadfast love. And at night, his song is with me. A prayer to the God of my life.

[00:22:30]Why are you downcast, oh my soul?

[00:22:34]And why are you in turmoil within me?

[00:22:37]Hope in God, for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

[00:22:55]Heat. Heat.

[00:23:28]It's beautiful here, but it didn't make it easier. The beauty reminded me that God was with me. It reminded me of his power and his presence, but it was still hard. And um I think it's the same for our lives when we walk through valleys. It's like we can have beauty and we can have gratitude and sadness and grief can coexist.

[00:24:06]But what I do love is the beauty reminds us that God never leaves us and he's with us always.

[00:24:24]All right, guys. I'm packing up. I'm going home and I'm going to break down my tent and stuff right now. And uh this could get really exciting because the wind is blowing so hard it could fly off and I have to go chase it. I don't know.

[00:24:39]But thank you for going on this journey with me. Um, yeah. I I feel a lot of joy right now leaving. I've enjoyed it and there have been special moments, but I'm also excited to go home. So, all right.

[00:24:53]Here we go.

[00:25:04]You'll be faithful. Oh, you'll be faithful to meet me in the valley. I need you, Lord. Be my shield in the middle of the war. Tell me that I'll make it when I'm not sure. You'll be f That's it.

[00:25:39]>> Let's go home.