God has made Himself so very plain to me in my life and in the last fifty-years with my husband. We have seen His hand working for us, with us, and to us. My desire is to first reach our family and to show that God is alive and well in a very mighty way in the life of all of His children. Most people are too superficial in their relationship with the Lord and do not see or understand His presence. My main goal is to make God real in everyday life and realize that we can live our life in the presence of the Almighty God by entering into the holiest of holies with Him each day. Our daily walk with the Lord should be lived in the conscious presence of God as we carry out our mundane, everyday duties of life. My prayer is that this book will enlighten, encourage, enable, and energize you to find a deeper relationship with our heavenly Father for His glory! I desire for the "candle of my life," to penetrate into the dark recesses of this world and light the way for the discouraged, despondent, and dejected people all over this earth.

There are many good books written about Psalms 23, so why another one? I answer, why not. I believe you cannot have enough of a good thing. This Psalm appears the favorite of many Psalm lovers and seeing it has blessed so many why not add one more blessing. @page { margin: 0.79in } h1 { margin-bottom: 0.08in } h1.western { font-family: "Liberation Serif", serif } h1.cjk { font-family: "Noto Sans CJK SC Regular"; font-size: 24pt } h1.ctl { font-family: "FreeSans"; font-size: 24pt } p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120% } a:link { so-language: zxx } There is a bulletin board in a park where people post different things like upcoming events, and things people are trying to sell, or places for rent. Well, one day someone wrote in big letters, "HELP." Maybe it was just a joke, but again maybe it was a cry for help. I guess if there is a reason for me writing this book, it would be in case someone is in need of Help. Aid in understanding this Psalm, or encouragement in their walk with the Lord. Help in understanding what God wants for their life. Whatever be the case I hope this writing helps you where you need help. Let me just set the stage to Psalms 23 before even introducing you to this book. The Bible says about King David; the author of this Psalm, that he was a man after God's own heart. With that thought in mind, I want you to imagine this great man and king of Israel, one night going into his bedchamber, maybe even after a great battle, and even after a tiring day. Before resting his head on the pillow, his thoughts are with God, the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity. The one who has so many times delivered him from the hands of his enemy. The candles are lit the quill is in his hand as he writes the first thoughts on his mind. "The Lord is my Shepherd." And yes, David knew what a shepherd was because as a youth he learns the trade well. Defending the flock against all the perils, delivering them out of the clutch of the lion and bear. All this might have been on his mind as he compared His God with the care of a quiet, unseen shepherd guarding his flock, and maybe looking over him as one cares for a sheep. I thought this might be the best way to start with these thoughts. If our hearts are like David's heart and it seeks after God, I ask you to take a fresh look at what this Psalm is all about. Introduction It was in 2002 and 2003 when we had an in-depth study in Psalms 23 given by Jerry McMillin at the small chapel I attend. This Psalm has only six short verses so that I will cover them in 6 chapters. Out of all the Psalms, I believe this one is the best known. We hear it at many funerals. Many have memorized this one including myself. The thought might be on your mind, how can you get so much out of something so small? A chapter for each verse. I can answer that by saying that God's Word goes deep and sometimes you have to dig deep to find the precious Gems that the Spirit of God buried deep from those that just look on the surface and pass right by them. This book is not replacing this Psalm, but It will help you in understanding it. Think of it as a flashlight as you go into an underground mine filled with treasures that you might overlook. With flashlight in hand let us go in search of these treasures. When writing about spiritual things it takes much meditation because it is hard to write about things you can see, feel, touch, smell, hear, or taste but by comparing all the physical things to spiritual we can start to understand things we cannot see. We live in two parallel worlds, the physical and spiritual. The seen and the unseen. We are walking in both simultaneously, but sometimes we don't even realize it.