Psalm 84:5-12 NASB

How blessed is the man whose strength is in You...  Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring... They go from strength to strength... the LORD God is a sun and shield, the LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.  O LORD of hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Cleland B. McAfee (1866-1944) captured what God's people have known to be true, down through the ages, when he penned these words for us:

There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God,

a place where sin cannot molest, near to the heart of God.

There is a place of comfort sweet near to the heart of God,

a place where we our Saviour meet, near to the heart of God.

There is a place of full release, near to the heart of God,

a place where all is joy and peace, near to the heart of God.

                                                c Dimension Music/Bretwood Benson/Bucks Music Ltd

Without a doubt, blessed is the man or woman who has found this place; "Passing through the valley of Baca (NASB margin, "probably, weeping"), they make it a spring (or place of springs)."  Note that this isn't something we do in our own strength.  God knows there are times in our lives when we hardly have strength enough to hold our heads up; where we can hardly put the next foot forward; the times when faith is at a record low and we walk through the days in a fog.  The Psalmist says, "How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!  They are ever praising You, (v4)."  There is a place!  Find that place! It's a place where he has the room ready, clean, and inviting. Enter in!  Enter in!  You will find Him to be your strength, and soon you are gong from strength to strength.  Yes, "There is a place of comfort sweet, near to the heart of God, a place where we our Saviour meet, near to the heart of God.  There is a place of full release, near to the the heart of God, a place where all is joy and peace, near to the heart of God."