My tryst with Psalm twenty three (part 2)

"The concepts of shadows. Metaphorically it can be associated with the problems that we face in life. There are some characteristics of shadows that are worth mentioning -Shadows like problems are much bigger than the actual object. Similarly we tend to build up on our problems and make it the monster that it is actually not. - Shadows can’t hurt us. We can be run over by a bus, but we cannot be run over by the shadow of a bus. The problems might be huge but then there is no such problem that can actually cause us mortal harm. Hence no need to make the problem huge and then worry our heads off. - Where there is shadow ( problem) there is light. In the case of problems the light comes in the way of the faith in God. Taking the example of the famous story of Alexander's horse, who was uncontrollable by anybody. Alexander could realize that it was afraid of its own shadow. Hence he caught the nape of the horse and put his face towards the light. The horse not being able to see its own shadow calmed down immediately. Later on Alexander fought many battles on this horse. In the light of the problems, we can also do the same by keeping our face towards the light i.e. our faith in the Lord. It is this faith that will help us walk through the valley of the shadow of death. "