GOOD SHEPHERD,
lead me to green grass
and still water,
feed me in the midst
of horrible experiences,
and bring me home
at the end of the day.
Amen.
– Alive Now
(via Upper Room Daily Reflections)
I showed the video as a closing for last week’s message. I love the phrase, "rearrange the contents of my heart". I believe the Good Shepherd’s leadership results in that over and over again. The contents of our hearts are pulled from all directions with multiple demands, some willingly, many beyond our control, and it’s precisely in these circumstances we can get lost so easily. A deep yearning for home never fully dies off as long as we are breathing …. and then we hear a voice calling our name …