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Psalm 23 :: The Process

Remember the old commercial with the famous line, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”? Where do we turn when pieces of our lives are broken, or stuck upside down? There are moments when no matter how hard we try, our independence fails us. The good shepherd restores, he makes right; he picks us up…

Psalm 23 :: Still Waters

“You can’t make me!”  Is there a child in the universe that has not used this response?  We don’t like anyone to make us do anything.  But what if one was to make (maybe you like the word cause better) us do that which we truly need most?  Would we allow it at the cost…

Psalm 23 :: The Shepherd

As beautiful as these poetic words are in the opening of Psalm 23, what exactly do they mean? If The LORD is my shepherd, does that make me a sheep?  And is it actually possible to “not want”?  When we  slow down and consider the words of this well known Psalm, we realize they tell…

Piñata Syndrome

What if God offered to give you whatever you wanted?  What would your request be? The reality for most of us, is that sometimes rather than waiting for the question, we inform God of our desires and expect him to serve our demands. Is there a better way to approach God?  If so, what is that way, and how do we walk…