The 23rd Psalm is so rich...it keeps giving me gifts, my own insights that may or may not be the original intent, but they keep me happy.
Like, "thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me." I think of those as the zap I get when I'm caught or found out in the midst of an ego trip...or my own conscience turning me in. Also, they bring the comfort of knowing I can no longer run a scam or a CYA excuse, or do dirt toward another, and be alright with my own self...thy rod and thy staff will come to bear.
Then there's "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou are with me." I say "for thou are within me," and I feel quieted.
And, "Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies." My enemies are my anxieties, my various and sundry fears...I can break bread with any and/or all of them, and none can touch me for thou are within me, without me, here and now. Which doesn't mean I no longer have "my enemies," or how could "thou prepare a table" in their presence? I just no longer run scared before them...I get to speak their names right out loud (call 'em out, actually), and keep on doing what I'm doing.
God loves me so much, and I am grateful.
Thank You.
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