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Dark Valleys and Still Waters: The Prayers I Whispered in the Night
150 pages, Paperback
Published May 17, 2026
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July 21, 2026
Jackson has a powerful way with words, painting human suffering and the refuge and safety of God in such a moving way. These poems give words to honest lament and point the reader back to the answer to every pain and ache in this life.
“Seeking,
Inquiring,
a quivering communion in the silence of prayer, rescued before I knew I was drowning.
Pulled out of fear before I could name it. …
And I will praise You in every season- not only when it is easy, but when it breaks me open.
You encamp around me-
not at a distant watch,
but as a living protection.
An ongoing presence that does not move
when I do. …
Look to Him.
Rest your eyes.
Reach-
touch the hem,
the single thread of His robe.
It is not fragile,
it is not uncertain-
it holds.”
“Seeking,
Inquiring,
a quivering communion in the silence of prayer, rescued before I knew I was drowning.
Pulled out of fear before I could name it. …
And I will praise You in every season- not only when it is easy, but when it breaks me open.
You encamp around me-
not at a distant watch,
but as a living protection.
An ongoing presence that does not move
when I do. …
Look to Him.
Rest your eyes.
Reach-
touch the hem,
the single thread of His robe.
It is not fragile,
it is not uncertain-
it holds.”
August 22, 2026
This met me where I was and gave me a language for my current season. I will continue to sit in it for a long time to come.
“When our souls ache for soothing balm and physicians' healing salve-we have this comfort-yes, a promise: Our wounds, are Yahweh's too. Every wound ever given to me, He bore scarlet, black, and blue.”
“And God, the refiner,
does not waste the fog.
He works within it-
quietly pruning,
gently clearing,
making room
for something deeper
to grow.”
“God- If you are near, then be near now.”
“I will praise You in every season-not only when it is easy, but when it breaks me open.”
“When our souls ache for soothing balm and physicians' healing salve-we have this comfort-yes, a promise: Our wounds, are Yahweh's too. Every wound ever given to me, He bore scarlet, black, and blue.”
“And God, the refiner,
does not waste the fog.
He works within it-
quietly pruning,
gently clearing,
making room
for something deeper
to grow.”
“God- If you are near, then be near now.”
“I will praise You in every season-not only when it is easy, but when it breaks me open.”
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