"The Lord is my shepherd."
We have all heard the 23rd Psalm. We remember these words because they promise us so much. They give me strength and peace, as they did for Israel, Moses, Deborah, Gideon, Ruth, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. In Paul's letter to the Hebrews, we are reminded of a great cloud of witnesses each of whom--when they were reduced to nothing--were led by God, the Good Shepherd.
In this post-modern self-sufficient world, may we focus our thinking from "The Lord as our shepherd" to "The Lord is our shepherd." It makes such a difference and spares us so much anxiety.
