Are you staring at a darkness so deep that you fear to take a step forward? “Be strong!” your Captain and Chief calls. “Be of good courage.” This is a time to grit your teeth and steady your heart, to slow it to the beat of a sleeping man. You can only do this by calling on Yahweh to give you peace, to give you strength. You stare into a wall of darkness where you must soon tread. There is no light to illuminate the path, nothing to mark the treacherous boundaries you know exist. One wrong step and all is lost. Discouragement slashes its sharp edge into your heart.
“Have I not commanded you?” Yahweh’s voice calls out. “Be strong!” It does not matter how weak you feel, or how foolish, your Captain and Chief has gone before; he knows the way. Listen for the echo of His voice as he leads you, not around this valley of darkness, but directly through it, like an arrow flying straight and true. …Eagle People … Today’s reading is Joshua 1:1-6. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”