Even
When I Walk Through The Darkest Valley,
I
Will Not Be Afraid,
For
You Are Close Beside Me.
Scripture
Psalm
23
1 The Lord is
my shepherd;
I have all that I need.
I have all that I need.
4 Even
when I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.
Observation
Last
night at the hospital as I was talking to a patient, she said, “I
don't know how people make it without a relationship with the Lord.”
I had to agree with her, “I don't know how they do it either!”
The doctors had just found and removed a mass in her abdomen and even
though the doctors hadn't gotten the results back yet she knew that
it might be cancer.
Every
single one of us are going to go through dark valleys in our lives.
But we don't have to go through them alone.
I
don't know about you, but I am so glad that the Lord is my Shepherd
and I have everything that I need. I am so glad that I can say just
what King David said, “Even when I walk through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me.”
Amazingly,
I still hear people say that the Covid 19 virus is just a big hoax
and that it is not a big deal. They will say that the common flu is
worse than the Covid 19 virus. If you are one of those people, I wish
that you could come and visit the Covid patients in the hospital.
Last night, I talked to several of them on the phone (since they are
in isolation chaplains don't go into their rooms to visit). ... trust
me it is no hoax.
And
a lot of them that I spoke to last night were in their 30's … don't
think you're invincible!
The
Psalmist didn't say, “If I walk through the darkest valley”
... No, he said, “When”!
Application
Because
the Lord is my Shepherd I have everything I need!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I am so glad that You are my Shepherd and I have everything
that I need. I know that when I walk through the darkest valley I
won't need to be afraid because You are going to be right beside me.
And I know that nothing can touch my life without Your permission.
Help me to live wisely and not foolishly. Give me good sense, give me
godly wisdom to be able to make good decisions. Don't let me be
influenced and swayed negatively by social media, or by the constant
barrage of misinformation now put out via the television and the
internet that is contrary to what you clearly say in Your Word.
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 22,23; 1 Timothy 5; I added:
Psalm 23, Proverbs 23
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