“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”
The Valley of Tears is the vessel that holds the sour truth. As we make our escape through the Valley of Tears, we come into intimate contact with the sour truth. All of our complaints against God's rescue plan originate from our intimate contact with the sour truth. God, however, will not eliminate the sour truth from the Valley of Tears for us. God wants us to eliminate it. The job is ours not God's. There is one way and one way alone that does the job. God wants us to dilute the bitterness of the Valley of Tears with the sweetness of love. The sweetness of love dilutes the sour truth of the Valley of Tears as sugar cubes dilute the bitterness of a cup of bad coffee.
God wants us to rebuild the Valley of Tears (Isaiah 61:4). He does not want us to escape from it (John 17:15). He wants Armageddon (Revelation 16:16). He wants us to deliver the coup de grace to evil. How? God wants us to pour the sweet syrup of love into the bitterness of the Valley of Tears. In this way, the gardens of the new Eden grow - the catastrophe of Adam and Eve is reversed - the fall is undone. In the gardens of the new Eden, many can enjoy the fruits of love.