Let's evaluate this. You can't control your moods. A few of your relationships
are shaky. You have fears and faults. Hmmm. Do you really want to hang on to
your chest of self-reliance? Sounds to me as if you could use a shepherd.
Otherwise, you might end up with a Twenty-third Psalm like this:
I am my own shepherd. I am always in need.
I stumble from mall to mall and shrink to shrink, seeking relief but never
finding it.
I creep through the valley of the shadow of death and fall apart. I fear
everything from pesticides to power lines, and I'm starting to act like my
mother.
I go down to the weekly staff meeting and am surrounded by enemies. I go home,
and even my goldfish scowls at me.
I anoint my headache with extra-strength Tylenol. My Jack Daniel's runneth over.
Surely misery and misfortune will follow me, and I will live in self -doubt for
the rest of my lonely life.
Traveling Light, Max Lucado, 2001, W Publishing Group, Nashville, Tennessee. All
rights reserved.
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