"'Through' the Valley..."

This beloved Psalm of David, the Shepherd-King, is speaking nonstop to my mind this week:

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." (Psalms 23:1-6 KJV)

I love all the promises of The 23rd Psalm, but the promise that we will come "through" the valley of the shadow of death is the most hope-filled phrase for my soul today. In other words, death cannot keep us. We will enter the shadows but we will come "through", come out, into the Light of Heaven for forever. 

Grateful