Psalm 23, KJV, has been in my memory since I was seven. The cadence and the Shepherd metaphor prod me to recite the whole chapter when someone mentions it.
But it was only in church, while we were thinking of a theme for our church’s anniversary from Psalm 23, that this Bible chapter totally engulfed me—as though I had come upon something so rare and so precious.
Psalm 23, verse 6 reads, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.”
Shall follow me? I mumbled, seeing with new eyes what that means. I flipped trough various Bible translations and stopped in my tracks when I read The Message. It uses a verb so concrete and so graphic: chase!
I imagined people and myself—when problems strike—not simply walking but running away from the narrow road. And the Lord chases after us with his goodness and mercy.
Grace. Faster than the speed of light.
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