"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want…Your rod and staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23

You, Lord,  are

wonderfully patient with us,

graciously kind to us,

faithfully firm with us.

I praise you for your rod, with which you keep back the enemy; and for your staff, with which you keep us in line—we need to be protected from both the enemy and from ourselves!

I praise you for your infiniteness, working in so many lives simultaneously, listening to so many prayers at the same time, being able to weave our wrong and sometimes right choices into the fabric of your plan.  I praise you that in you all will work out somehow in your time, in your way.

I praise you that your goodness and mercy are always there. You stoop down from on high and hear us, for we are poor and needy.

You are Glorious, you are Good, you are Gracious, you are Great. Only you are worthy of worship!

Therefore, I bow before you, Lord God, eagerly agreeing to follow and honor you today in obedience, in right thinking, in right priorities.

Picture: Our wise, strong and ever present Shepherd