BECAUSE HE IS MY SHEPHERD I LACK NOTHING.   By Gillian                             Anyone ever wondered how devotions for a sheep would look like? David in Psalms 23 says that "The lord is my shephered". The ame Lord David referred to remains the great shephered as Jesus says in   John 10:11-18 . Last sunday the pastor preached on psalms 23   and I cant help reflect it so often.  This morning in my quiet time, I felt led to pray a prayer of a sheep. As I embarked on the prayer, I noticed that my prayers were different when I view myself as a sheep.  a) I viewed myself totally in fellowship with the shepherd. Because I belong to his flock, I know his voice, and He knows mine. I don't come as one seeking to be loved, but I belong am loved, and I can talk to my shepherd. He says I lack nothing. He is enough; He is sufficient. As I go about my day, He makes me lie down in green pastures. L...

07/25/2021 Randon Journal entry from books  I am reading.   THEME:  I don't 'do' to belong, but I belong, so I 'do.' My doing is not a means to belong but is a result of being or belonging.  Because of who we are and whose we belong to, we can "DO"(serve, work, etc.). We don't "DO" because we want to be loved and Belong. He calls us first to be with Him. Out of that relationship, He calls us to serve in diverse ways. God is at work redeeming our darkest shadows from a place of relationship. We belong to His flock. He loves us. While He redeems us (WIP), we are still enough, and we won't be loved more later. " #MakingPeacewiththeProximate ." There is hope. We cant fix the shadows by ourselves but have to trust God and the community around us. #churchfriendsgoals . Trust that we are not in control, but we can trust God and release us from our shadows. True face## We are not the end to this formation process, though, lest it beco...