Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me. Your rod and Your staff comfort me.
Today I laughed in the dark. I never knew life could become this dark. I never knew there could be such a thing as following Jesus to such a dark place. I never knew when He asked me to die to myself, how literally He would mean that. I never would have believed that five years of following Him in Jersey would give me this reward. I never knew that six years of total surrender would have this disappointment. I never knew that twelve years of knowing Him could lead to a place so dark and without hope.
Yet in the darkness a light glimmers. One that includes humor without risk or boundaries. One that includes conversations with no risk factor because all has already been sacrificed. All has been lost. Nothing is left to lose. I have laid everything on the altar and have nothing left to give. Now I can do nothing but laugh in the dark. Laugh and pray and praise. He is my everything.
Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me. Your rod and Your staff comfort me. You are my everything. Therefore I will praise You in the utter darkness. I will sing when darkness envelopes me because You are the light of my life. You are my everything. The beginning and the end. Every good and perfect thing comes from You. I am not alone because my Father is with me.
He is, and there is no one like Him.
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16
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