Love

Psalm 19-25

There is a love born away in Eden’s garden…everlasting, the love for thy spouse.  There is a love ground deep in thy loins…sweet fruit of oak, the love for thy children.  And then there is the love for God, often dormant, but on occasion wakened in thee in absolute clarity which causes all other loves to fade away.   Such love is awakened this morning.

“The Lord is my shepherd;

I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul;

He leadeth me in the paths

Of righteousness for his name’s sake

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the

Shadow of death,

I will fear no evil;

For thou art with me;

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence

Of mine enemies;

Thou anointest my head with oil;

My cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

All the days of my life;

And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

23^rd Psalm

Thomas Cole's "The Good Shepherd"