I'm Being Followed

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.”
— Psalm 23:6

That’s quite a promise, isn’t it? Some days it feels like anxiety and fear are tailgating us while goodness and mercy got stuck at the last stoplight.

But life has taught me something -- goodness and mercy don’t always walk beside us with balloons and confetti. Sometimes they trail quietly, like a faithful shadow we don’t notice until we look back.

I’ve lived long enough to know what it’s like to be swallowed by loss, disappointment, and heartache. You probably have too — broken dreams, empty chairs at the table, waiting rooms filled with uncertainty. In those seasons, we wrestle with questions: Is God really good? Does He really care?

Yet over and over, grace shows up. It’s in a friend who sits and weeps with us. In a neighbor who drops off dinner. In the strength to get out of bed one more day. It’s the courage to keep breathing when the weight feels unbearable. Little by little, we discover that goodness and mercy have been there all along, just not always waving flags.

I love how grace can turn our scars into lanterns. The places we once thought would break us become the very stories that comfort someone else. Our valleys can become road signs pointing others toward hope.

So maybe today is a good day to grab a pen — even if only in our hearts — and underline the moments of goodness and mercy in our own story. The unexpected kindness. The strength we didn’t think we had. The prayer that felt unanswered at first but ended up being God’s protection.

We may not call every season good, but we can trust that God will call good out of every season. One day, when we glance over our shoulder, we’ll see it: goodness and mercy have been following us the whole way home.

When life feels heavy, turn around — you might spot goodness and mercy quietly trailing behind.

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