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| THE SHEPHERD |
| AS I SIT HERE CONTEMPLATING, I ASK MYSELF, HAVE I DONE ENOUGH FOR THE LORD AND MAN? THEN I REALIZE THE QUERY, AN OBJECT ON A SHELF. THERE IS NO ANSWER, NOT ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN. |
| IF YOU GO TO CHURCH EVERY TIME THE DOOR OPENS, THAT CAN'T ASSURE YOU THAT YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH IF YOU CALL YOUR NEIGHBOR AND INVITE HIM IN WHAT DOES THAT GIVE YOU? THE ANSWER IS TOUGH. |
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| LIFE AS WE KNOW IT IS LONG AND FULL OF DAILY WOES, OUR BODIES SO FRAIL THAT AT TIMES WE GIVE UP, BUT LOOK AROUND YOU AND YOU CAN FIND THOSE WHO LIVE THEIR LIVES NOT CONSIDERING IT ENOUGH. |
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| WHAT DOES GOD EXPECT FROM US, NO, NOT PERFECTION, BECAUSE IF IT WERE THAT, WE WOULD NEVER MAKE IT. SO WHAT DO I DO NOW, I STILL HAVE CONTEMPLATION SHOULD I GIVE UP, OH NO, WHEN MY HEART SAYS QUIT. |
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| THEN MY MIND REMEMBERS THE PROMISE MADE TO ME, BY MY SHEPHERD, WHO WATCHES MY EVERY STEP. HE TELLS ME I SHALL NOT WANT, SO WHY AM I IN NEED? THERE THE ANSWER IS COMING CLEARER TO MY SELF. |
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| HE LEADS ME, HE RESTORES ME, MY CUP OVER FLOWS HE LEADS ME THROUGH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT MINE. BUT FOR HIS NAME SAKE, HIS WORD ALLOWS ME TO KNOW THERE IS NO EVIL TO FEAR, IN HIM PEACE I CAN FIND. |
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| HE FEEDS ME FROM HIS TABLE, AN HONOR HE BESTOWS, A GIFT OF EVERLASTING LOVE IS THERE FOR THE TAKING HIS GOODNESS AND MERCY, ALWAYS WITHIN ME FLOW AND HIS HOME SHALL ME MINE, WHEN IT IS TIME TO GO. |
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| ALL PRAISES GO TO THE FATHER, FOR EVERLASTING LOVE THE QUERIES IN MY MIND, MAY FLICKER IN AND OUT BUT GODS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE. THERE IS NEVER MORE A QUESTION, WITH HIM, NO DOUBTS. |
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| WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR APRIL 4, 2004 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PSALMS 23: 1 ~ THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. PSALMS 31: 1 ~ IN THEE O LORD, DO I PUT MY TRUST, LET ME NEVER BE ASHAMED; DELIVER ME IN THY RIGHTEOUSNESS. |
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