He Walks With Me

Psalm 23 isn’t just Scripture I’ve read, it’s Scripture I’ve lived. The Lord is my Shepherd, and I know that because I’ve seen Him show up again and again in places I never wanted to go.

I have faced death through my own sickness. I have sat in the fear and uncertainty of that moment, wondering what tomorrow might hold. I walked the long, heartbreaking road of cancer with my father and watched him lose that battle here on earth. I stood in the aftermath of a tornado with my mother and my brother, looking at our farm and our homes, everything familiar, completely gone. And now, once again, I find myself in a valley, watching my brother fight his own battle with cancer.

Each trial has stripped something away, but it has also revealed who God is. I’ve learned He is near when I’m afraid, steady when everything feels unstable, and faithful when I have nothing left to hold on to. In sickness, He showed me He is my strength. In grief, He became my comfort. In loss, He reminded me that what can be shaken is not where my hope belongs.

If you are a child of God, you know this truth: we all have a story. And our story is not random or wasted. God doesn’t allow us to walk through valleys just to survive them, He walks with us so that one day we can turn around and say to someone else, “I’ve been there, and He carried me through.”

That’s the purpose of our story, to point others to the Shepherd. To reach the broken, the weary, the scared, and remind them that God is able. Able to heal. Able to sustain. Able to redeem what looks completely destroyed.

Psalm 23 doesn’t say I won’t face the valley. It promises I won’t face it alone. And because I know my Shepherd, because I’ve seen what He’s capable of, I can rest today, even here.

Prayer: Lord, thank You for walking with me through every trial and showing me who You truly are. Use my story, every valley and every victory, to reach others and point them to You. Help me rest in Your peace and trust You with what’s still ahead. Amen.