Shadowed Valley

~ Jason Kanz

From Soil of the Divine

Cold, I sit
in a shadowed valley
light blocked
by my shame
and another’s treachery,
multiplying darkness.

I wait.

The beams of Your mercy
break the darkness,
the warmth of Your steadfast love
drives away the cold.

Lord, make me a torch bearer
bringing Your light
to a world
still shrouded
in shadow.

Make me to know Your ways, O LORD, teach me Your paths.--Psalm 25:4

Published by Jason Kanz

I am a neuropsychologist at the Marshfield Clinic and author of Soil of the Divine (2017), Living in the Larger Story: The Christian Psychology of Larry Crabb (2019, editor), and Notes from the Upper Room: Lessons in Loving Like Jesus (2020).

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