A thought by Larry Osborne, (2009-04-04) from his book, Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe (p. 143). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. . (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book The myth that Larry is dealing with in this section is the belief of some good people “that God only leads us to the mountaintop and that long-term valleys always mean a wrong turn.” He goes on to say, “The problem with assuming that every deep and extended valley must mean a wrong turn is that it ignores so much biblical evidence to the contrary. Sometimes a valley does mean a wrong turn, but just as often (if not more often) it means something altogether different.” He then says, “Some valleys are God sent me here valleys. Their distinguishing trait is obedience that appears to have backfired. Whenever doing the right thing is what puts us into a valley or keeps us there, it's a good bet that we're right where God wants us to be, even though we'd alm
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