Good Morning!

Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.  -Psalms 23:4

Sometimes we are walking in darkness, either due to loss or due to battles that we are fighting. In that time, if we have a relationship with God, He will protect us, guide us, comfort and console us to the point where we have no need to fear any evil because we know we are protected. Your relationship with God is something nobody can control except you, no one can take it away from you and no one can keep you from it. People will sometimes try to diminish it but that is not for them to decide, your relationship with God is between you and Him; don’t let anyone get in the middle of that. Sometimes we have valleys to walk through but it doesn’t mean that God abandons us in that time, instead He will be even more present if we ask Him to be. 

“Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.”  -Billy Graham

“Character is forged not on the mountaintop but in the valley.”  -Mike Matheny

Dad Joke of the Day:

We were doing renovations and, incredibly, when we knocked down a wall we found a secret, fully furnished room! 

And then I remembered we live in a duplex.

Have a great Wednesday!