Think About It

One of the most beloved passages of scripture happens to come from one its most admired writers. The 23rd Psalm has endeared itself to believers and is even well-known by those who aren’t active participants. While the whole poem is inspirational, I have been thinking a lot about the 4th verse, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”. Have you given much thought to what the “valley of the shadow of death” might be? It could be looking into a dark and treacherous valley filled with physical dangers or people seeking to take advantage of those who enter it. Maybe it is remembering the friends and family who have walked into the valley and never came back. It might even be coming face-to-face with our own mortality – knowing that one day we will fall victim to death. No matter how we perceive the valley of the shadow of death, the good news is that we don’t have to walk through it