The Valley of Tears is the vessel that holds the ruins of Eden. We live like loveless beasts among the ruins. 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 to raise us up from the level of the most miserable and hideous of loveless beast to the level of our loving God - from the basement of the kingdom of God to the penthouse. He wants us to fill our hearts to the brim with love. Why? Love is needed to wage war against evil. Love is the weapon that defeats evil. Love is toxic to evil. The seeds of evil do not grow in the soil of love. Love smothers evil as water smothers fire. God 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 Valley of Tears to dilute its bitterness. Jesus was the first drop. Jesus wants us to turn the drop into a flood. Jesus planted the seeds of forgiveness into the soil of our hearts. The seeds of forgiveness grow into trees of love. The trees of love bear fruit "some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold" (Matthew 13:8). In the gardens of the new Eden, many will enjoy the fruits of the trees of love. When the gardens of the new Eden grow, the catastrophe of Adam and Eve is reversed - the fall is undone.
Love turns the Valley of Tears into the gardens of the new Eden. Therefore, cling to love, hold tight and refuse to let go. Cling as Jesus clung - hang as Jesus hung. Irrigate the Valley of Tears with love. Jesus started the process of re-establishing the gardens of the new Eden in the Valley of Tears. He did not complete it. He was the first drop . Our mission is to turn the drop into a flood . The goal is to inundate the Valley of Tears with love. The gardens of the new Eden grow drop by drop.
