I started 2020 with “sheep” as my word for the year. Check out my first post of 2020 for more background. That led me to study Psalm 23.
Interestingly, as Robert Morgan points out, “Sheep are very much like human beings; and vice versa; they need a good shepherd to tend to them. We need a Great Shepherd to stay with us through all the experiences in life, someone to hover over us with an extended hand of mercy, someone to tend to us and our families and our needs.”
It’s often during life’s hurts that we come to understand the heart of the Shepherd, as we learn to accept His care and trust His heart.
In fact, troubles in life have a way of driving us to the Lord’s tender mercies, and we bond with Him through the verses and vigor He bestows.
As a family, we’ve needed that in the past month, as my father-in-law battled COVID-19. Check out my post honoring his life entitled: Dr. Wayne Cason Smith: He Taught Us How to Live, Love, & Leave.
Dr. Robert McQuilkin wrote, “Our Shepherd gives joy unspeakable and full of glory, and the fullness of power for service…abundant supply of every need…life more abundantly.”
Click here for more on the second half of Psalm 23:5 from Keller, Morgan, and Lucado