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The Lord is my Shepherd

Oh my goodness. How can there be no words and so many words at one time?

Let's go back in time. When I was a baby Christian, 9.5 years ago, the first thing I wanted to memorize was Psalm 23. Something about those words brought me comfort. Always. I said them to myself before every medical procedure I have had since then...but those medical procedures are becoming few and far between (thankfully!)

Fast forward. My son is memorizing Psalm 23 for AWANA...so it's fresh in my mind again.

Stay forward. My Identity bible study is studying Jehovah Ra'ah (The Lord my Shepard) this week.

Still forward. At church this morning (a different church...in a different state, mind you), we went over Psalm 23.

Apparently, God is trying to tell me something. Of importance. So there are several things I am 100% certain of after this morning.

1) God IS my Shepherd
2) I am again, exactly where I needed to be (and odds are so slim I would be)
3) God can meet us anywhere we are because HE is already everywhere.

I'm on a walk that could be filled with doubt and uncertainty. The walk could be dark. It could be joyless. It could get me lost. It is a path that I know is NOT in God's original plan for my life. But. That glorious But...The walk is currently none of those things. Because God is on it with me. It doesn't matter that the walk wasn't planned, Jehova Ra'ah will lead me through it. He will walk beside me. He will lead me on paths of righteousness. He will restore my soul. He will be my comfort. He will prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, no less! He will surround me with goodness and love for all the days of my life. He will be my joy. He already is my Strength. He went before me...he walks beside me...and he is already in front of me.

I don't know that I could ask anything more of Him.

As I wrote yesterday, God wasn't meant to be in a box. He's meant to be everywhere. If you are at a place where you can't find him...Where you can't see him, where you can't comprehend who He is and what He is doing in your life...I challenge you to ask him to reveal himself. To show YOU who He is to you today. Is he your shepherd? Is he your master? Is he the one who sees you? Is he the Creator God? Is he the healer? God is of course, all of those things...but he wants that personal relationship with you, so many possibilities exist for you to reach out to Him. Find the Name that makes your heart sing with certainty! Call out to Him. He will hear you!


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