Today I received as a gift, By the Still Waters: A Meditation on the Twenty-Third Psalm by J. R. Miller. Enjoy this quote from Mr. Miller’s book.
Not many of us will be permitted to write a twenty-third psalm to bless men with its strains of sweet peace; but we may at least make our life a song, a sweet hymn of peace, whose music shall gladden, comfort, and cheer weary pilgrims as they pass along life’s rough ways.
This beautiful sentence gives us much to meditate on, much to aspire to, and much to modify our lives to. Not one person on earth gets out of this life without experiencing both its joys and its troubles. Nowadays we have a lot of expressions to get this same idea across – that we could lift someone’s spirits with just a smile or a kind word or deed. However, I think Mr. J. R. Miller expressed it so sweetly. May his words inspire us. Let’s make our lives a song, a sweet hymn of peace, whose music will gladden those we meet in our daily activities.
Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not [a]want.
2 He makes me to lie down in [b]green pastures;
He leads me beside the [c]still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Apples of Gold 