"Even in the Shadows" by Nina B.

I walk a tad over a mile to get to Bible study and of course, the same distance to return home. I don’t mind walking, (all the attendees walk - just from varying directions). It’s in the evening and sometimes I get that weirded out feeling, aka fear. The neighborhood has had its share of gang activity, robberies and more - the basic ills of a big city - crime,... Still, I have always believed I am never alone, because my God is with me… One night, as I walked home, on the main street, which is more lit and busier than the residential areas; I had a start, as I saw out of the corner of my eye a shadow. I laughed as I realized it was my own. Father reminded me, I am never alone… He said, “We are always with you”. It was then that I noticed the streetlights casted three shadows at some times and other times one, but as I moved forward and passed streetlights, leaving them behind me, so did my shadows - move… Sometimes at a slant behind me, elongated in front of me, directly to one side of me… Singularly, twos and threes…but always with me because of the light. Likewise, Father is always with me… as close as my breath and even in my shadows. I just need to whisper His name - Jesus, and know that He is with me… with you. Soli Deo Gloria, Nina