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Psalm 23:4 · WEB

4Even 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, they comfort me.

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Evening Prayer: After Difficult Day

God who does not leave, today was hard. I'm tired in ways that sleep won't fix. I don't need You to explain why it was difficult. I just need You to be near. Meet me in this exhaustion. Speak into t

presence of GodexhaustionhonestyPsalm 34:18
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The Way: Walking Through the Valley (Psalm 23:1-6)

In The Way, Tom walks the Camino de Santiago carrying his estranged son's ashes. He didn't choose this journey—grief thrust it upon him. But somewhere along the 500 miles, the path becomes more than p

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Interstellar: Do Not Go Gentle (Psalm 23:4)

Dylan Thomas's poem echoes throughout Interstellar: "Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." It's the anthem of humanity refusing extinction. But the Psalmis

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Gravity: I Had a Daughter (Job 1:21)

In the gripping film *Gravity*, we meet Ryan Stone, a brilliant scientist floating aimlessly in the void of space. Following the tragic loss of her daughter, Ryan feels utterly untethered—not just from the physical world, but from the very essence...

griefsurvivalrebirthJob 1:21
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The Pursuit of Happyness: Faith Through the Valley (Psalm 23:4)

In the film *The Pursuit of Happyness*, we are drawn into the heart-wrenching journey of Chris Gardner, a father who finds himself in the depths of despair, sleeping in a subway bathroom with his young son, Christopher. The cold tiles...

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C.S. Lewis's Grief Observed - Anglican (Philippians 4:13)

After his wife Joy died, C.S. Lewis wrote "A Grief Observed"—raw, honest, doubting. He questioned everything, including God. "Where is God?" he demanded. "Go to Him when your need is desperate... and

Philippians 4:13
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Dark Valley - Lutheran (Psalm 23)

"'Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death'—note: THROUGH, not around. God does not promise to spare us the valley but to walk with us through it. The shadow of death is still shadow; i

Psalm 23:4
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Howard Thurman on the Valley and the Spirituals - Black Church (Psalm 23)

"The enslaved sang Psalm 23 in the cotton fields: 'The Lord is my shepherd.' In the valley of the shadow of slavery, they declared a Shepherd who led to freedom. 'I will fear no evil'—not master, not

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