The psalmist assures us that as we enter into the shadow, we are to be comforted. Notice, however, that we are not to be comforted by anything of our own making. No, it is only the shepherd's rod and his staff that can nudge us in the direction of courage and hope as we are guided and prodded on a path that we would never dare walk by ourselves. To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution.
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered by your old nonsense. Let me hear the rumble of the bass, the crash of the cymbals and the minor keys.