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The Chibi News Daily Reflection

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Are you feeling worn out,
burnt out or in a dark place

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My name is James and I'm a priest in the Church of England. In the Bible we
read a very famous psalm, a psalm of David, Psalm 23 and it starts like this

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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me lie down in green pastures

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He leads me beside still waters he restores my soul he leads me
in the right path for his namesake even though i walk through the

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darkest valley i fear no evil for you are with
me your rod and your staff they comfort me

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it starts the lord is my shepherd your rod and
your staff they comfort me what is that about

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well i once met a shepherd who had a shepherd's
crook just like this and i thought shepherds use

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their crook to prod the sheep or to hook the sheep
but he told me that's not really what they do

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he said I very rarely do that what I normally do is
this I plant a crook in the ground and I rest on

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it and by me resting and staying in one place the
sheep stay near to me they feel safe they feel

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protected. They feel known. I think this Bible
verse, this psalm is offering us an insight into

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what God is for us. God is our protector. God is
our shepherd. He restores us. He helps us to lie

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down and rest. He leads us in quiet places.
And if you are going through the darkest valley

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you can fear no evil