Bible Discussion Thread

This verse is very powerful. From my understanding, valley is a place below the normal ground level. This means individual people may be going through different situation that they are the only one that can feel the effect of it. No human being can actually feel other human being's pains or situation. It is a shadow of death because this situation appears to be deadly and threathening. This scripture encourage us not to be afraid of this situation because fear cannot bring us out of this situation. We need to be courageous because God's words are rod to correct our mistakes. Rod is not a pleasant thing to be beaten with yet, it is better to be corrected with rod in order not to make such mistake again. Rod is not meant to kill, but to correct mistake. The rod is the words of God. His words can also be held unto because it is a staff what can keep us going in the race of faith. Without staff, we may be misled and fall on the road. The rod and staff are meant to comfort us and they surely do. The commandments of God are not hard. They are simply "painful, but full of gains". To God be all the glory for His words.