{"id":2685,"date":"2010-06-21T08:50:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T14:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=2685"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:01:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:01:50","slug":"what-would-your-psalm-23-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/06\/what-would-your-psalm-23-say.html","title":{"rendered":"What would YOUR Psalm 23 say?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Lord is…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

my mechanic<\/p>\n

my plastic surgeon<\/p>\n

my yoga instructor<\/p>\n

my president<\/p>\n

my lover<\/p>\n

I shall not want<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n

He maketh me to lie down…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

in a house with three screaming kids<\/p>\n

on a stage in front of thousands<\/p>\n

on a dirt floor in Peru<\/p>\n

in front of a desk full of paperwork<\/p>\n

in a life that wasn’t planned<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

He leadeth me …<\/strong><\/h2>\n

to the sauna at the gym where I can sweat<\/p>\n

to the closet with door locked where I can think<\/p>\n

to the hiking path in the park where I can pray<\/p>\n

to the brand new deck where I can sit and drink sweet tea<\/p>\n

to the empty house where I can sit on the couch and play video games<\/p>\n

He restoreth my soul: he… <\/strong><\/h2>\n

puts me in my place<\/p>\n

shows me how I look to everybody else<\/p>\n

tells me that I was the one who was right<\/p>\n

brings my blood pressure down<\/p>\n

finally sends me a check<\/p>\n

Yea, though I walk through… <\/strong><\/h2>\n

unemployment<\/p>\n

an oil spill<\/p>\n

cancer treatment<\/p>\n

AA<\/p>\n

the Nashville flood<\/p>\n

I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

…Thou preparest…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

my awesomeness<\/p>\n

my 401K<\/p>\n

my foreclosure<\/p>\n

my arrogance<\/p>\n

my iPhone 4G<\/p>\n

before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

beer<\/p>\n

diet coke<\/p>\n

debt<\/p>\n

closet full of fashionable clothes<\/p>\n

infinity pool<\/p>\n

runneth over.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Surely…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

my cigarettes and coffee<\/p>\n

my friends and family<\/p>\n

my health and prosperity<\/p>\n

my church and pastor<\/p>\n

my pretty face and white smile<\/p>\n

…shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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