23rd Psalm: Past, Present...and Future

Past...

I've mentioned the 23rd Psalm in a few posts. It was my late husband John's favorite scripture and lifeline. When he passed I found those prayer cards everywhere. So when I hear those words, I think of him in a special way.

Present...

This is a blog about the words that change me. Words have power. And the 23rd Psalm says exactly what I believe about God and His purpose in my life.

So a few weeks ago, when this Psalm happened to be in the readings at church I could feel a tear gliding down my cheek.

Those words. They speak to my heart. I feel them deeply. This is some of what they mean to me:

Abundance. Protection. Comfort. Purpose. Mercy. Eternity. Love.

And then I saw her. The woman in front of me wiping tears from her eyes too. Her young daughter grabbed her arm and whispered "What's wrong momma? What's wrong?". She just shook her head.

Nothing. Nothing is wrong.

It's just those words.

Future...

I never forced my daughter to visit her dad's grave. And so when she finally went this year she was a little shocked to see my name on the headstone too. What can I say. They said it was cheaper and easier to do it all at once while they had the stone in the shop. And when I had to chose the words there was no question. Under our names, under the words Father and Mother, the cities of our birth, the dates...

The Lord is my shepherd.

(join me at the water cooler at ethos...**edit**no..."join me at the watercooler is NOT on my headstone...I just can't seem to put this line under the embedded video below!! for great techie stuff, that I really have to read, GO TO THE WATERCOOLER!)