My Shepherd

This verse has been on my mind the last few days. How different I think our lives (as believers) would be if we remember that the Lord is MY Shepherd. He’s not just a Shepherd. He is a good Shepherd. A good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. A good Shepherd provides for his sheep. A good Shepherd doesn’t always give what the sheep wants. A good Shepherd knows what’s best. A good Shepherd knows his sheep intimately. Happy the sheep who trusts in Him. “Oh Father, help us as your children to lean hard on you, and find you as our all sufficient One! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning, new mercies I see! All I have needed, Thy hand has provided! Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!” Is the Lord your Shepherd? Are you His sheep?

 In God’s green pastures feeding, by His cool waters lie; soft, in the evening walk my Lord and I. All the sheep of his pasture’s fair so wondrously fine, His sheep am I. 

Water’s cool, pasture’s green, in the evening walk my Lord and I. Dark the night, rough the way, step-by-step my Lord and I.

 Yes, the Lord is my Shepherd and no want shall I know; He’ll guide and comfort me where e’re I go. On the mount, in the valley by His hand He will lead, His sheep am I.
(Orien Johnson)





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