a little twist on the Shepherd

Spiritual resource to share: insight on comfort

I came across these notes in a file I started many years ago, and I don't know its source. (So let me know if YOU know!) But it provides a fresh way of seeing how God always provides for us and I thought it provided some solid week-end inspiration.

The Shepherd's Psalm XXIII

[DIVINE LOVE] is my shepherd; Protection

I shall not want. Supply

[LOVE] maketh me to lie down in green pastures: Abundance

[LOVE] leadeth me beside the still waters. Peace

[LOVE] restoreth my soul [spiritual sense]: Healing

[LOVE] leadeth me in the paths of righteousness Guidance

for His name's sake. Purpose

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Experience

I will fear no evil: Confidence

for [LOVE] is with me; Omnipresence

[LOVE'S] rod and [LOVE'S] staff they comfort me. Instruction

[LOVE] prepareth a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Provision

[LOVE] anointeth my head with oil; Consecration

my cup runneth over. Gratitude, Joy

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; Assurance

and I will dwell in the house [the consciousness]of [LOVE] for ever. Eternal Life

"How can I want, when I have - green pastures, still waters, a restored Soul, right paths, protection, God with me, God showing me, a table in the wilderness, ample abundance running over me and only goodness and mercy following me, and a spectacular dwelling (the consciousness of Love forever)????"

photo by Gabe Korinek 2008 copyright

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