June 10
I WILL NOT FEAR
Psalm 23: 1-6
Though I walk through the darkest valley I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me. (NIV)
Psalm 23: 4
There’s a Chinese proverb that says, “He who fears to suffer already suffers fear.”
We have all felt fear at some time. Fear is a sensation of alert and anguish driven by the presence of danger, either real or imagined, such as the fear of death or failure.
I experienced fear on having to be submitted seven times to surgical interventions. In two of them I was near death. But as a Christian, my prayer to God before entering the operating room has always been precisely this psalm.
Just as the author of the psalm, I had the certainty that my God and Lord is with me and watches over me, just as the pastor watches over and protects his sheep.
Faced with a fearful situation, let us say, as did the psalmist, “I will fear no evil.”
Prayer: Our Father, thank you because we can also trust in you when we’re fearful. Amen.
Translation by John Walter
Junio 10
NO TEMERÉ
Salmo 23: 1-6
Aunque ande en valle de sombra de muerte, no temeré mal alguno, porque tú estarás conmigo.
Salmo 23: 4
Hay un proverbio chino que dice: “El que teme sufrir ya sufre el temor”.
Todos hemos sentido miedo alguna vez. El miedo es una sensación de alerta y angustia por la presencia de un peligro o mal, sea real o imaginario: miedo a morir, al fracaso…
Yo he experimentado temor al tener que ser sometida siete veces a intervenciones quirúrgicas; en dos de ellas he estado al borde de la muerte. Pero como cristiana mi plegaria a Dios antes de entrar al salón de operaciones siempre ha sido precisamente este salmo.
Al igual que el autor del salmo, he tenido la certeza de que mi Dios y Señor está conmigo y cuida de mí como el pastor cuida y protege a sus ovejas.
Ante una situación de temor digamos como el salmista: No temeré mal alguno.
Oración: Padre nuestro, gracias porque también podemos confiar en Ti cuando estamos temerosos. Amén.
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