Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 Amp.
I love what the Treasury of David has to say about fearing no evil: ” The worst evils of life are those which do not exist except in our imagination. If we had no troubles but real troubles, we should not have a tenth part of our present sorrows. We feel a thousand deaths in fearing one, but the psalmist was cured of the disease of fearing. ”
How true.
It makes me think of when my mom was close to her last breath, and I said to her, “Jesus is waiting to say, ‘Welcome, good and faithful servant.” Dad has his arms open for a hug. Grandma is jumping up and down in excitement, and we’ll all be there in a little while.” The shadow of death is a valley; it’s a passageway; it’s our path to a better place.