Goodness and mercy following us all
the days of our life is a good thing – a really good thing – but we have to slow
down so that the goodness and mercy can catch up with us. That means we have
to be satisfied with the Lord as our shepherd and not be distracted by the seemingly
greener pastures that tempt us from the other side of the fence. So to be satisfied
with still waters means we allow ourselves to slow down and be comfortable with
what might appear to be “less than” in the midst of a culture that is never
satisfied and always seeks to super-size. It means that the table “prepared for
us” does not deny that the table is set “in the presence of my enemies” but rather
trusts that the light of the Lord will illuminate the darkest valley especially
if that valley is death itself. In the end the rod and the staff that comforts us is
the cross upon which the Good Shepherd died for the sheep in a religious
culture where sheep did the dying every day to make up for sins of shepherds. Which is to say "the Lord is my shepherd. I shall lack nothing."
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