23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
Psalm 23: 1-4
Prayer
Thank You, God, for this day. You are the Creator of each sunrise and sunset. You have decided where each star has been placed in the sky as we know it. You are never changing. We give our worries and our cares to You today so that we may know Your peace instead. Please be with us. Be with those whom we love and are worried about. Give them Your peace as well. Give us the grace we need for today, and put Your word on our lips and in our minds to bless those around us.
Through Your Son's name we pray, Amen
As we make our plans for the weekend, or have definitely already made those plans, let’s take this morning and this day to sit in the stillness of God. We are going to be tempted today to think only of the things we have given up or added to our lives because that is the distraction the evil one wants us to have. He wants us to think about how hard things are for ourselves—how we wish we could have something or didn’t have to do something. Again, God has made this day and blessed us enough to be a part of it!
We need to remember to sit in the stillness of Christ. Give your prayers to Him and let Him take them. Let Him hear your pain and your worries. He reminds us in our scripture today to go to Him, and He will give us rest. Though we walk through the valley, though at times we are in great pain and sadness or are really just struggling to deny ourselves, let it be His name we praise even more. He promises to release us from the grip of this world, and that is true peace.
