Psalm 23:6 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;”

[You, Lord, constantly pour out goodness and mercy on your children; it is a certainty that in each situation you are providing these in our lives. Very often we cannot see them at the moment-- but when we can look back at a difficult situation, there they are: goodness and mercy were following us!

An example is the disappointment I had recently. After waiting two weeks for an overhead door installer to come, he only did half the job and then left, saying, “I’ll be back in about two weeks!” I could see no goodness and mercy in that! But, the next day while talking to one of my disciples, I found that he had worked as a door installer and he offered to come and finish the job for me.

We both profited: he needed some extra income, I needed the help; plus he knew where to get the springs I needed at a very reasonable price. We both saw God’s goodness and mercy in the first man not finishing the job. In fact his failure opened the door to better things!

This pattern has been and will be true throughout the whole of our lives with you, Lord Jesus. You are always faithful, you are consistently good and you are deeply merciful-- whether we can see it at the moment or not. Praise be to you my wonderful Shepherd!]