Righteously Redeemed

 A Follower of Christ Friday Blog Post  As I write this, I find myself in the midst of a storm, one concerning my health with my back.  A dear friend of mine was taking me to my appointment with a Physical Therapist yesterday when I expressed concerns I had about several areas regarding treatments.  Who should I choose as a doctor? What medicines, if any should I take?  How to pay for these services etc?  You know the typical stuff you think about when you are dealing with health stuff.  She then pulls out the verse that I have quoted numerous times while ministering to others.   And my God  shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19  How many times do we remind ourselves or others of this truth when we are in need of something?   It's definitely a favorite verse of mine, but when she quoted it to me right in the midst of my thought process it flicked a light on in my brain. ...

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me.” Many of us are familiar with the passage of Psalm 23 from learning it in church, or maybe even from a funeral scene in a movie.   I wonder, though, how many of us have really explored a specific word in it? “...though I walk THROUGH the darkest valley.   (Some versions say “Through the Shadow of Death.”) Through, used as a preposition in this sentence, means 2 things.                           1) moving in one side and out of the other side of a location,                           2) continuing in time toward completion of a process or period.   Zero in with me on ‘ moving and continuing .’   Did you notice these words have nothing to do with staying still?    They a...