“He leads me beside quiet waters.” Psalm 23:2b Sitting on the riverbank, I perched at the water’s edge on a tree root protruding from the ground like a small bench. It had taken half an hour, easily, for me to finally sit still once I’d reached the river. Fluttering butterflies had beckoned my attention. Turtles andContinue reading “Dwell: By Still Waters”

“He makes me lie down in green pastures”Psalm 23:2a, NIV Can you think back to a moment in your childhood when your parent’s presence calmed you? Like after a bad dream, and you sneak to their bedroom. Just lying on the floor next to my parents’ bed made me feel better because they were closeContinue reading “Dwell: In Green Pastures”

A great majority of Christians on the planet today have grown up hearing verse one of Psalm 23 this way: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.(Psalm 23:1, KJV) Pausing to reread those nine words, try to take in what is meant by, “I shall not want.” If you read it as IContinue reading “Dwell: Without Lack”