PS 23: 1-3A, 3B4, 5, 6
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. He guides me in right paths for his name's sake. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side. With your rod and your staff that give me courage. You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come. |
RADIATING CHRIST
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance wherever I go. Flood my soul with Your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly, that my life may only be a radiance of Yours. Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me, but only Jesus! Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. The light, O Jesus, will be all from You; none of it will be mine. It will be you, shining on others through me. Let me thus praise You the way You love best, by shining on those around me. Let me preach You without preaching, not by words but by my example, by the catching force of the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to You. Amen. |
THE SMALLEST PRAYER
God hears the very smallest prayer Nor sends a cross too great to bear And though we stumble now and then He always picks us up again. There is no moment day or night When we are hidden from His sight No wall too high nor door too stout To keep His loving care without. His ways are wiser than our own His strength remains when ours is gone We must not doubt nor question why He sends the answers by and by. And this I know within my heart All darkness fades and shadows part And that sometime, somehow, somewhere God hears and answers every prayer. Grace E. Easley - Salesianmissions.org |