Psalm 23:1, 4

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. I fear no evil, for You are with me.

A psalm that David sings to God.

Thoughts for the day...
My focus when I started thinking on this passage was the first part, which is found in verse 1 of the 23rd psalm: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." David was a shepherd, and so he used this analogy for God, because it's something that he readily knew about. I wonder if Jesus had this in mind when he told of the parable of the lost sheep a couple thousand years later, when he refers to himself as the shepherd? I'd love to get people's thoughts. But after learning that I'm going to be a dad in about eight months, I started focusing more on David singing about fearing no evil, because God is with him.

I think back to when we first found out that we were going to have Landon.  After having gone through so much to have a baby, I remember it finally sinking in that, oh my goodness, I was going to be a dad! What a tremendous honor and responsibility! Was I freaked out a little bit? Uh...yeah! But even now that Landon is here, when I start second-guessing myself about what kind of job I'll do as a dad, I will think on David's words and remember that God will be with me, He will comfort me, and I really have nothing to fear because of this.

My Prayer
Thank you for Your continued blessings on our lives, and for assuring me through Your word that regardless of the fears that I have and will continue to have as a dad, now that my role in life is changed, I really have nothing to fear, because You are with me, and You will comfort my soul. Help me be a living Bible to Landon, Father, that he would see You in me.