Cancer death of a shy person

The meditation text is based on a couple of verses of the 23rd Psalm: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for thou art with me . . . goodness and mercy shall follow me. . . and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever."

Perhaps nothing is so much needed in our lifetimes, and so little asked for, as mercy or understanding from one another. We talk a lot about mercy, and we complain frequently that we are not understood, but most of us think we manage pretty well without receiving it or giving it.____________ went through many valleys in her lifetime, deep valleys, lonely valleys, until she received mercy from God and was led out. "Goodness and mercy shall follow me..."We all know that ____________ had a terrible di…