5 Minutes with Jesus is a daily devotional series for people in the midst of real life, whether facing anxiety, grief, questions of purpose, or simply needing encouragement and connection. Hosted by Sheila Walsh, each five-minute episode offers Biblical truth, honest reflections on faith and emotions, and closes with a moment of prayer.
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| Sheila Walsh: Finding Light in Dark Moments | 5 Minutes with Jesus | November 26, 2025
- So many
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- Situations that caused us to be afraid.
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- So what do we do?
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- We keep our eyes on jesus.
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- He never promises us a perfect outcome,
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- But he does promise us his presence.
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- Where do you need to see god's light today?
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- I want to promise you he is with you.
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- I love this text.
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- The lord is my light and my salvation.
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- So why should i be afraid?
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- My very first dog when i moved to america
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- Was a west highland white terrier.
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- I named him charlie west.
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- These are wonderful little dogs.
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- He was eight weeks old when i got him
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- And it was love at first sight.
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- When charlie was only two years old, i almost lost him.
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- We've been playing with a ball in our neighborhood park.
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- When i threw it too far
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- And it rolled onto the road, while charlie ran after it
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- At lightning speed.
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- I called his name as loud as i could.
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- As i tore after him, i got to the road
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- Just in time to see his ball roll into a storm drain,
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- And as charlie looked in,
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- He slipped into my heart, fell into the drain.
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- I ran across the road,
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- Put my arm down into the drain to see if i could touch him.
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- I couldn't.
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- It was a kind of narrow yet deep drain
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- That ran below the sidewalk with a heavy manhole cover on top.
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- I broke all my nails trying
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- To lift the manhole cover, but it was too heavy.
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- I ran to a neighbor's home
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- And asked the husband, who answered the door
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- If he could help me.
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- He got a crowbar from his garage,
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- And he and his teenage son
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- Followed me to where charlie was stuck.
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- When they got the manhole cover off, i could see my precious
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- Little dog shivering in the cold about six feet down.
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- And i knew that if
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- He slipped off that wet ledge, he would be lost forever.
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- But the dad came up with the plan.
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- He said he would hold his
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- Son's legs and lower him down into the drain.
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- As the boy was tall and skinny.
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- I'll never forget that moment.
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- Okay, i said, tears flowing down my cheeks.
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- When you reach him, grab hold of him and don't let go.
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- Doesn't matter where you grab him.
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- Just hold on.
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- Even if he barks or wriggles or growls, just don't let go.
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- So he lay flat on the sidewalk and then his dad
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- Lowered him into the drain, holding tightly to his ankles.
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- I heard charlie yelp
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- When you reached him, and then the boy
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- Called to his dad to pull him up.
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- When he appeared, holding my scared little monkey pup
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- Threw my arms around both of them.
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- I thank the dad and his son from the bottom of my heart.
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- That boy's in my will. no
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- Hell, charlie, all the way home
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- And we got inside the front door.
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- I lay on the floor and sobbed.
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- I was shaking with fear.
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- Have you ever been in a place like that?
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- A place where you're literally shaking with fear?
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- Your heart's thumping your chest and you can't think clearly.
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- There's a ringing in your ears and you can barely move.
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- There are many situations in life
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- That can take us to a place like that.
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- When you've been wheeled into surgery
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- With no guarantee of a positive outcome,
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- When you're
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- Signing divorce papers that you never wanted to sign,
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- When you're walking into a courtroom to hear centers
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- Past on your son on drug charges,
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- So many situations that caused us to be afraid.
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- So what do we do?
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- We keep our eyes on jesus.
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- He never promises us a perfect outcome,
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- But he does promise us his presence.
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- Where do you need to see god's light today?
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- I want to promise you he is with you.
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- Let me pray for you.
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- Father, thank you that even though
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- You haven't promised to,
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- Everything will always go the way that makes sense to us.
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- You have promised us the gift of your presence.
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- Lord, i pray right now for anyone who needs to see
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- Your light in their dark places.
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- Lord, will you show up?
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- Will you let them know in the way that only you can?
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- That they are not alone.
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- That you are with them.
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- That you see them and you are holding onto them.
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- In jesus name,
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- Amen.
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