How Do You Live in a Season of Waiting?
I Walk in the Valley of the Shadow of Death
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Do you feel like you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death? Do you feel like evil is always at your side? Do you fear collapsing from the weight of the world and your suffering? Is your pain unbearable? Is your pit too deep? Affliction always in your midst? Disturbance and chaos constantly in your heart?
I feel this way pretty regularly lately, and I hold dear to this verse in Psalm 23:
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil
For You are at my side.
May you always know in the deepest valley of darkness that He is always at Your side, and that no evil will overtake you for You are a child of God in the hands of the Shepherd.
About the Author
Katie Zalany lives in Cleveland Ohio. She is a Third Order Secular Franciscan (OFS), spiritual director, benefits/wellness leader, and certified health and life coach. She volunteers with St. Vincent de Paul Society serving the poor, is an active mentor to many individuals, and a prolific writer. Her writing interests and focus areas include spiritual development, reflections on the Gospel life, Franciscian spirituality, prayer, and integration of faith and work/daily living. She is the published author of Called to Corporate: Lessons of Growing in Faith and Holiness from the Corporate Cubicle.
