“And I will give her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope:” (Hosea 2: 15)
The “Valley of Achor” was a place of weeping. The Lord will sometimes give us weeping for hope. There is hope in trials, while mirth and gaiety is folly; the happiness this world offers is a fake happiness, founded on worldly principles, and worthless in the realm of the righteous; it is stubble instead of straw. Yes, our hope lies in the strength of adversity; in the “crying times” we see the Lord work best in our lives. Our prayers are best rendered when we are “hurting” and they seem to gain in intensity as we speak them to the Lord. These are the prayers that stir the heart of God; these are those which move Him, in His great compassion to intercede on our behalf. The earnest prayer of a broken and contrite heart gain the ear of our Mighty God, and things begin to happen—good things, things of truth and honor. So…though it could be a reproach to some, the Valley of Achor becomes a blessing to others, because they call upon the Lord in their distress. Solomon, the “wise one”, also spoke of this in the Ecclesiastes; he knew of the power of sorrow, and the worth of mirth.
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