All Creation Waits, Day 9 – He Set Me Down in the Middle of a Valley
Week 2 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Hope (Ezekiel 37)
Ezekiel 37:1b-2
1b And he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry.
Thoughts
Ezekiel is placed in the middle of the valley — not on the edge, not at a safe distance. God invites him to see the bones up close. Hope grows when we face reality honestly: the broken places, the dry places, the places we’d rather avoid. Advent doesn’t ask us to pretend the world is whole; it asks us to trust God in the very places that feel lifeless. Only what is seen can be restored.
Question
What valley or “dry place” is God asking you to face with honesty and hope?
Prayer
Lord, give me courage to face the dry places. Meet me there with Your restoring presence …
