Never alone: Walking life's dark valleys
English: An image of Psalm 23 (King James' Version), frontispiece to the 1880 omnibus printing of The Sunday at Home. Scanned at 800 dpi. Français : Illustration du Psaume 23 (version autorisée par le roi Jacques), en frontispice de l'édition omnibus du Sunday at home. Version numérisée à 800 dpi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) " Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." ( Psalm 23:4 ) There are many dark valleys mentioned in Scripture, and these typify the many sufferings and hard experiences through which the people of God must pass. "For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ , not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake" ( Philippians 1:29 ). The valley of Achor --which means "trouble"--was so named because sin in the camp of God's people had caused great defeat for their armies there ( Joshua 7:25-26 ). Willful...