“Even 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.”

Today, remember that you are not alone and what you endure is common to all men. The One who leads you into places where you would not choose to go is the Shepherd who reveals himself in deeper measure as he sustains your heart in your sorrows. Jesus is good to us when he causes our hearts to be more satisfied with him than with anything else.