Growing In The Valley Lyrics

I've been upon the mountain tops

And through the valleys that so low

I've been most places in between

That a man can go

But I've found through all the bad times

When the wind of troubles blow

That I need the valleys in my life

For in the valleys is where I grow

Without valleys there's no mountain

Without mountains it's all plains

But you'll never know what healing is

Until you feel the pain

You can't appreciate a sunrise

Till you've been through the night

And you'll never grow in faith my child

Till you've been through a fight

Well you take ol Paul and Silas

Or Daniel in the den

How about John on Patmos

Did they ever doubt God's plan

They took their darkest hour

To listen pray and sing

God led them through the valleys

Unto a higher place

Sometimes life seems so hard to bear

Full of sorrows here below

If I could just stay on the mountain

I'd never leave no more

But I know that they'll be valleys

Out there where I must go

So if you would Lord please remind me

That in the valleys is where I grow