“The Lord Is My Shepherd.”
— Psalm 23: 1.
Here is a text the littlest child can learn, and many of you know it already. It has just five words, and they are not long.
Suppose you hold out your left hand and place the index finger of your right hand—the one you point with—on the top of the little finger of your left saying, “The". Then move along to the next finger and say, “Lord", then the next finger “Is", next “My” next “Shepherd". When you reach your index finger of your left hand you should be on the word “My” and the thumb will stand for “Shepherd.”
A little boy who had learned this verse in this way, had to go into a hospital. His doctor said Afterward, “I wondered why he held on to his index finger before his operation, but now I understand why. He was still holding his finger and thumb when I came around and visited in the children’s ward.” We believe that dear little boy put his faith and trust in the Lord Jesus and went for his operation believing in Him as “my Shepherd.” What a wonderful difference that makes! Dear young friend, can you do the same?
“The Lord’s MY Shepherd, I’ll not want;
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.”
ML-04/07/1974