Presence

 "Even if I walk in the middle of death's shadow, I won't be afraid of any evil," Psalm 23:4.

And why not? because you, Jehovah God, are with me. What if I pray for a loved one, and you don't do as I wanted? You have restored health in the past. You are with me. I will yet hope in you. What if I pray for peace, but things just churn on? You have brought deep peace in the past. You are with me. I will yet hope in you. What if I pray for safety, but the storm still rages? You calmed my life's storms in the past. You are with me. I will yet hope in you. What if I plead with you to save, but you don't, what shall I do? Well, you saved in past times. You are with me. So, I will yet hope in you. Yes. Whatever may happen in this world: You will be there with me through it all. And in the next: I shall live in your house for ever. You are my shepherd. 

We find a brother or sister today, and we remind each other of God's for ever presence. Together, in the middle of plague, we will not fear. We will hope in him. And we give thanks.