Silence.

Simple statement yet a profound one! We all go through our valley moments in life. A time when we need someone to just sit with us, pray for us, or simply hold our hands-reassuring us that "this too shall pass!" Life as taught me that sometimes it is not wise to question a person (friend or family) about their situation because often times the pain is so deep one has to recover from it before making an attempt to verbalize (share) it. Yolanda Adams in one of her songs sings "while I'm riding through the storm, Jesus rocks me in His arms."  As mothers (parents, guardians) when we are comforting our babies (putting them to rest/sleep) we do not talk to them asking them questions (they probably wouldn't be able to respond anyways) because they are tired and most likely just need to rest and recuperate so that they can grow. 

This is similar to our valley moments, it is when we need support and time to rest-getting the strength we need (mentally, physically and spiritually)  so we can climb our way out and get to that mountain top of recovery. The place where we can claim our victory, share our testimony and start living again. 

See, sitting in silence doesn’t mean you are not helping! It means that you are listening to the person’s pain, to that person‘s soul crying from within so that you can determine the course  of action you will take to help them through their situation. Now that is true listening!