THE SHADOW

I have been musing over the word “shadow” the last few days. Do you remember the popular radio show from the 1940s-1950s called “The Shadow”? The moderator of this mystery show would introduce a suspenseful situation that needed solving and say in a deep gruff voice, “Only the Shadow knows.”

A shadow is a reflected image. As a child, I made animal shadows on my bedroom wall using my hands. When someone goes through a drastic change, we say “he is a mere shadow of himself.”

Today was rainy and dreary, but late this afternoon, the sun burst through the clouds. I grabbed  my coat and headed outside. The sunlight was glorious! With the sun at my back, I walked down the road that winds through our property. Wild flowers dressed the shoulders like a young lady flaunting her new frock. A tall shadow loomed in front of me, my shadow! It reminded me of the verse in Psalm 91:

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely He will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence (Psalm 91:1,2).

My shadow was bigger than life. I can only imagine the “shadow of the Almighty”!

Lord, what a comfort to know that You cover us and that we can rest under your shadow, the reflection of your true and manifest Being.