My Shepherd

God is my Shepherd

And I am his little lamb

He feeds me

He guides me

He looks after me.

I have everything I need.

Inside, my heart is very quiet.

As quiet as lying still in soft green grass

In a meadow

By a little stream.

Even when I walk through

the dark, scary, lonely places

I won't be afraid

Because my Shepherd knows where I am.

He is here with me

He keeps me safe

He rescues me

He makes me strong

And brave.

He is getting wonderful things ready for me

Especially for me

Everything I ever dreamed of!

He fills my heart so full of happiness

I can't hold it all inside.

Wherever I go I know

God's Never Stopping

Never Giving Up

Unbreaking

Always and Forever

Love

Will go, too!

We were a good ways into The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones (Thanks, Becca!)when we came to Psalm 23 last night. I love this Bible story book because it is accurate, easy for kids to understand, and points everything to Christ in such a beautiful way. When I saw this psalm, it brought back so many memories of Costa Rica for me. My phonics class memorized Psalm 23 during my first semester of language school. I remember where I was while I memorized every part of it over the course of a few months. It became so dear to me-I still say it to myself in spanish! So this is for me...

1 Jehová es mi pastor; nada me faltará.
2 En lugares de delicados pastos me hará descansar;

Junto a aguas de reposo me pastoreará.
3 Confortará mi alma;

Me guiará por sendas de justicia por amor de su nombre.
4 Aunque ande en valle de sombra de muerte,

No temeré mal alguno, porque tú estarás conmigo;

Tu vara y tu cayado me infundirán aliento.
5 Aderezas mesa delante de mí en presencia de mis angustiadores;

Unges mi cabeza con aceite; mi copa está rebosando.
6 Ciertamente el bien y la misericordia me seguirán todos los días de mi vida,

Y en la casa de Jehová moraré por largos días.