Newfound Gap, North Carolina View

It takes valleys to make mountain tops;
without depths there would be no heights.
Through life's struggles we gain more wisdom
to understand what's right.
For trials make us stronger;
doubts bloom into faith,
and each new experience provides more substance
to bring us through, unscathed.
In each of life's deep valleys
there's a Lily to be found.
And through this Lily of the Valley
we reach mountain tops, safe and sound.

"In sorrow He's my comfort, in trouble He's my stay;
He tells me every care on Him to roll:
He's the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul." -- Charles W. Fry