United Church in Tallahassee

This Sunday, April 13^th, is Good Shepherd Sunday.  It seems to me to follow the theme of last week’s reading of the walk to Emmaus (Matthew 24:13-49):  As Cleopas and another unnamed follower walk the seven miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus, a stranger joins them and they begin to talk, not realizing that the stranger is the Risen Christ. 

“How many times,” I wondered as I read this passage from Matthew, do I walk with the risen Christ and not realize it?” 

The 23^rd Psalm is a continuation of the reminder that God is constantlypresent; walking with us, caring for us, present to and with us in trial and danger and comforting us in need.

 Not only is God present with us in comfort, the psalmist reminds us that God rejoices with us in feast and prepares a table of abundance for us.  

 I give thanks for Psalm 23 – a psalm of comfort and sanctuary and the assurance that “I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”