Wesley Church

People Blessing People

Devotional November 12


1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;
3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff—
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long.

-Psalm 23, NRSV

I read these words this week — as I’ve read them so many times before — while standing in a funeral home, looking out upon a grieving family, seeking to share a word of help and hope. I read these words this week — as I’ve read them so many times before — in that darkest valley, the valley of the shadow of death.

In the midst of covid-tide, too many families are walking that valley. Even those of us who are not grieving the loss of a specific person are grieving in the midst of this season. As covid-tide wears on, we find ourselves in the valley of the shadow of death. 

If you’re feeling the heaviness of that shadowed valley, I want you to hear the words that I so often share with families and loved ones in the midst of grief:

  • Someday, we’ll talk about COVID in the past tense. 
  • Someday, we’ll emerge from this season of covid-tide. 
  • Someday, church. Someday. 

When that day comes, I don’t know what the final word on COVID will be… but I do know who will have the last word. 

It is the One whose very name is Love.

Blessings,
Pastor Candy

Remember, friends:

Our God is bigger than coronavirus. 
Our vision is bigger than coronavirus, too. 
We are people blessing people. 
We are Wesley Church.   

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