"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I, will dwell in the house of the Lord for even.”
Let the believer as he wakes every morning think of these words, and say to himself, " This is one of the days of my life' of which the psalmist here speaks, and as surely as sorrow of some kind shall follow me through it, so surely will goodness and mercy follow me also.”
Again, at night, as he lays down to sleep, let him think that he is one day nearer the moment of his finding himself at home in the house of the Lord. The home upon earth may be a happy or sorrowful one, may be gladdened by the smile of affection, by the presence of those most loved by him upon earth, or left to him lonely and desolate, but let him, in either case, think, as he closes his eyes, that he is nearer by one day to that place where the valley of the shadow of death will be behind him forever, which no fear of evil can possibly reach, and where his cup will run over with ineffable happiness.