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The Lord is My Shepherd

 “Because the Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything that I need.”  Psalm 23:1

One night, just before bedtime, I was in the bathtub reading my Bible. (I wouldn’t recommend it—your Bible can get kind of wet sometimes)  I was reading Psalm 23.  After I finished reading I meditated on that Psalm.  I was going through a particularly difficult time in my life and I felt very much alone.  How did this Psalm apply to my life at this particular time?

Through the years, the Lord has sometimes given Marvin and I signals about changes that were coming in our lives.  Sometimes He spoke in a dream, sometimes  through what other people said.  On this night, as I sat meditating on Psalm 23, God put a picture in my mind, almost like a video clip.

In the picture I was in a valley with Jesus.  I was a child—His child—and I was holding His hand as we were walking.  He was very friendly and kind and I was very happy and content. We were climbing a hill out of a valley.  We were near the top, but not quite there yet. 

I looked up at Jesus and very excitedly asked Him, “What are we going to do now, Jesus?”  Again He looked at me with that wonderful, kind, smiling face. He didn’t answer my question, but I knew our life would be changing.  A few months later, the truth of that picture is coming to pass. 

Life is changing for Marvin and I. We are not sure exactly what God has planned for us, but we know that Jesus is holding our hands as we go. We know that God is always with us.   Psalm 139: 17 - 18, tells us, “How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly.  I can’t even count how many times a day your thoughts turn towards me!”

~Father, thank you for thinking about us all the time.  There is no one who cares for us as much as you do. Amen.

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~ Katherine has been a staff member with  Power to Change Canada for 30 years. She has launched and developed many successful ministries, including  Canadian Prayer Alert, Women In Leadership, Women Today, Women Today Magazine and Women Today Online. Katherine has written and published a book, When Dreams Come True:  Women Today Online. She serves as the director for www.secretsofsuccess.com.