Psalm 23:2 – Summer Impulse 2023

The Good Shepherd causes me to stretch out and lie down in pleasant grass or pastures.

The word translated as green has connotations of pleasantness, loveliness, something to be enjoyed.

It is the image that the Good Shepherd invites us to lie down in beautiful places.

The Hebrew word for Shepherd shares a root with the word for companion, or close friend.

Whatever happens in the future, good or bad, God will be there to look after me. I shall not lack anything.