To All My Dear Friends

[Nahum]

There are some days when the light of the sun is hidden from me. Dark shadows cast a pall over my path. The valley is deep, and the mountains surrounding me look menacing and unfriendly. The mountains make me closterphobic, and conspire to imprison me. There seems to be no way out of the dim valley I find myself in. And yet I walk on.

Friends are far away, on top of the mountains. My voice doesn't seem to carry to them. I am alone - completely alone, as fear worms its way into my heart. And yet I walk on.

I continue to walk because, in spite of what I see, I know I will come out of the valley. I will stand on the very thing that presently clouds my view. The mists will fade, the shadows will shorten, and the sun will eventually shine again. I have been promised that He is with me - wherever I go. I have been promised that my steps are ordered by someone who cares deeply for me.

In these dark times His Word is the lamp that lights my way. While all else succombs to the darkness, my path is strangely clear. There is no sickness, pain, or personal anguish that can snuff out the light of His Word.

His Word is enough for me in this moment.
So I will walk on.

God's word for you this moment is, walk on.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;