THE 23RD PSALM
THE LORD OUR SHEPHERD
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED.
HE LETS ME REST IN FIELDS OF GREEN
GRASS
AND LEADS ME TO QUIET POOLS OF
FRESH WATER.
HE GIVES ME NEW STRENGTH.
HE GUIDES ME IN THE RIGHT PATHS,
AS HE HAS PROMISED.
EVEN IF I GO THROUGH THE DEEPEST
DARKNESS,
I WILL NOT BE AFRAID, LORD,
FOR YOU ARE WITH ME.
YOUR SHEPHERD'S ROD AND STAFF PROTECT ME.
YOU PREPARE A BANQUET FOR ME,
WHERE ALL MY ENEMIES CAN SEE
ME;
YOU WELCOME ME AS AN HONORED GUEST
AND FILL MY CUP TO THE BRIM.
I KNOW THAT YOUR GOODNESS AND
LOVE WILL BE WITH ME ALL MY
LIFE;
AND YOUR HOUSE WILL BE
MY HOME AS LONG AS I LIVE.
FOOTPRINTS
ONE NIGHT A MAN HAD A DREAM. HE DREAMED HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE BEACH WITH
THE LORD. ACROSS THE SKY FLASHED SCENES FROM HIS LIFE. FOR EACH SCENE HE
NOTICED TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND: ONE BELONGED TO HIM AND THE OTHER
TO THE LORD.
WHEN THE LAST SCENE OF HIS LIFE FLASHED BEFORE HIM. HE LOOKED BACK AT THE
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND. HE NOTICED THAT MANY TIMES ALONG THE PATH OF HIS
LIFE THERE WAS ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT IT HAPPENED
AT THE VERY LOWEST AND SADDEST TIMES IN HIS LIFE.
THIS REALLY BOTHERED HIM AND HE QUESTIONED THE LORD ABOUT IT. LORD, YOU SAID
THAT ONCE I DECIDED TO FOLLOW YOU, YOU'D WALK WITH ME ALL THE WAY. BUT I
HAVE NOTICED THAT DURING THE MOST TROUBLESOME TIMES IN MY LIFE THERE IS ONLY
ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST YOU
WOULD LEAVE ME.
THE LORD REPLIED, MY PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS CHILD, I LOVE YOU AND I WOULD NEVER
LEAVE YOU DURING YOUR TIMES OF TRIAL AND SUFFERING. WHEN YOU SEE ONLY ONE
SET OF FOOTPRINTS, IT WAS THEN THAT I CARRIED YOU.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
SERENITY PRAYER
GOD
grant me the
SERENITY
to accept the
things i cannot
change,
COURAGE
to change
the things I can,
and the
WISDOM
to know
the difference.
Don't Grieve For Me.
"Don't grieve for me,
for now I'm free,
I'm following the path God laid for me,
I took his hand when I heard him call,
I turned my back and left it all,
I coud not stay another day,
to laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
I found that place at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void.
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things, I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much.
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all to brief.
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me.
God wanted me now, He set me free."
IN LOVING MEMORY OF DAVE LOGAR WHO PASSED AWAY JANUARY 26, 1998.