Singing in the Dark by Ginny Owens

Author:Ginny Owens [Owens, Ginny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL006700 Religion / Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides
Publisher: David C Cook

Surrounded

Now we get to the section of the Twenty-Third Psalm that has more recently made my heart explode with awe and delight every time I think about it. The Lord the shepherd is leading. But His goodness and love are following, pursuing us in every moment (v. 6). As one commentator has said, “Goodness and love act like the shepherd’s sheepdogs, helping the shepherd to keep the sheep going in the right direction.”5

I love dogs. In college I had a yellow Labrador guide dog named Lindy. More recently I’ve had Bailey and Lewie, both mini Australian shepherds. Bailey was twelve pounds, Lewie is thirty, and Lindy the Lab was ninety. But all of them have seen it as their job to follow me everywhere, supervise my every move, and make sure I head in the right direction. And even when I’ve insisted otherwise, they’ve herded me wherever they thought I should be going—to bed or to the kitchen for their treats or in the direction of the tree where the squirrels live. They also have protected me fiercely from every passing creature, whether friend or foe.

How much more beautiful, wonderful, and powerful are God’s goodness and loving-kindness in pursuit of us! The Lord makes sure we are surrounded by them.

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