What
an idea, a gift, a different way of seeing the familiar, these hopeful words
this
treasured scripture, God’s Word handed down to us;
The
beautiful Psalm of David, this song of God’s ancient people,
filled
already with comfort, but seeing the words, a deeper meaning,
more
than we imagined, in the action of God.
Our
pastor told us that in some translations the words have even more power,
that
Goodness and Mercy do not “follow” us, we are not “followed” but “pursued”,
that
these were living beings, Goodness and Mercy, proper names of the movement
of
God, that Goodness and Mercy would
pursue us all the days of our lives,
eternally;
That the God of creation, our Maker, our Lord
that
God would sustain us, providing, that God would send out these agents of love,
Goodness
and Mercy, a mighty presence, angels of better days, of God’s love for us.
Richer
meaning in the subtle difference, from “followed” to “pursued”, that we are
sought
after, wooed by God, that God was not just the waiting Father for the
Prodigal
to come home; this is like the difference of being “Disciples”, not just
“Followers”
of the Risen Christ, all the difference in the world in simple words
in
the Living Word, this love letter of God.
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edited
April 25, 2015
Pursued,
not merely Followed – v6
(editing
version 5)
edited April 25, 2015
Loving the Sheep – v3
(editing version 2)
edited April 25, 2015
a sermon of love – 3
(editing version 2)
edited April 25, 2015
a journey of blessing – v2
edited April 25, 2015
a loving shepherd – 2 – v2
edited April 25, 2015
Love will be with me – v2
edited April 25, 2015
Shepherd Me O God – v2
April 21, 2015
Shepherd Me O God
Acts 4:5-12
devotion for
April 20, 2015
read April 21,
2015
&
edited April 25, 2015
Share Love – v2
Psalm 23:1-6
John 10:11-18
1 John 3:16-24
sermon, “The Lord is My Shepherd”
worship
led by Raymond A. Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Fourth Friday of the month service at Mt. Heights Health Care
Facility
April
24, 2015
&
April
24, 2015
faithful
to the command of God
John
10:15b-18
devotion
for April 26, 2015
read
April 24, 2015
&
edited
April 24, 2015
loving
the sheep – v2
edited/
merged April 24, 2015
loving
the sheep
April
24, 2015
love
for the sheep
April
24, 2015
a
good shepherd
John
10:11-15a
John
10:11-18
devotion
for April 25, 2015
read
April 24, 2015
&
edited
April 24, 2015
a
sermon of love – v2
April
24, 2015
a
sermon of love
1
John 3:21-24
devotion
for April 24, 2015
read
April 24, 2015
&
April
24, 2015
share
love
1
John 3:16-24
devotion
for April 23, 2015
read
April 24, 2015
&
merged/edited
April 24, 2015
everything
I need – v2
April
24, 2015
love
will be with me
Psalm
23:6
April
24, 2015
you
chasten my enemies
Psalm
23:5
April
24, 2015
I
will not be afraid
Psalm
23:4
April
24, 2015
God
gives me new strength
Psalm
23:3
April
24, 2015
God
lets me rest
Psalm
23:2
April
24, 2015
Everything
I need
Psalm
23:1
April
24, 2015
a
journey of blessing
Psalm
23
Psalm
23:1-6
devotion
for April 22, 2015
devotion
for April 22, 2015
read
April 24, 2015
&
“Knowing the Shepherd’s Love”
Acts
4:5-12
Psalm
23
1
John 3:16-24
John
10:11-18
for
April 20, 2015 to April 26, 2015
by
Eradio Valverde, Jr.
(formerly)
District Superintendent
Southwest
Texas District
United
Methodist Church
Upper
Room Disciplines for 2015
&
edited
April 24, 2015
Pursued,
not merely Followed – v5
(editing
version 4)
edited
April 23, 2015
Pursued,
not merely Followed – v4
(editing
version 3)
edited
January 29, 2015
Pursued,
not merely Followed – v3
(merging
edits to version 1 and version 2)
edited
July 25, 2012
“Pursued,
not merely Followed – v2”
November
29, 2006 8:28
“Pursued,
not merely Followed”
Psalm
23:6
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