Shepherd me, Oh God, Beyond my wants

Beyond my fears, from death into  life

How often we sheep want to escape. Escape to our wants. Escape to places that ultimately  put us in fearful situations.

Many of us enjoy the knowledge that we have a shepherd. With Jesus as an example, God as an omnipresent presence coupled with the Spirit moving through us, we truly can fear no evil. We can have the strength and confidence to refocus from worries about death into living an exciting journey to its completion, filled with loving one another.

In many churches, yesterday was Good Shepherd Sunday. In her YouTube sermon yesterday (HERE), Rev. Lisa Bernheisel makes effective use of Marty Haugen’s chorus of Shepherd Me, Oh God. As in Haugen’s song, in Lisa’s sermon the chorus becomes an interlude between ideas about the Good Shepherd and our lives. You’ll be glad you took a listen to the song and/or the sermon, if you have the inclination! 🙂

Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit!

Lectionary Texts for Sunday, May 2, 2021:

• • Acts 8:26-40 
  • Psalm 22:25-31 
  • 1 John 4:7-21 
  • John 15:1-8

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