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It’s great to hear from storys from Matilda’s life, to spend time reflecting on her legacy, and the impact that she had in your lives.
I would encouage you to continue to share those memories latter over the afternoon tea.
One thing that was very apparent in Matilda’s life was the difficulty that she faced early on in life.
Growning up in Yugoslavia during WWII, dealing with the Nazi occupation, were really formative experiences in Matilda’s life.
Early life was difficult.
Yet, through all the difficulty, as John and Kornelija can attest to, she knew the God who could sustain her through it all.
He was with her through it all.
This psalm, psalm 23, may be the most-beloved, most-sung, most-prayed, and most-studied poem in the Psalter.
This Psalm tells us two important truths about God.
The psalm may be the most-beloved, most-sung, most-prayed, and most-studied poem in the Psalter
He is a shepherd
He is a host.
Shepherd.
within Israel and throughout the ancient Near East, the shepherd was a royal metaphor.11
Kings were portrayed as shepherds (cf. 1 Kgs.
22:17; Jer.
23:1–4; Ezek.
34:1–10), and to portray God as shepherd is to portray God as a royal figure
In ancient Israel and throughout the ancient Near East, the shepherd was a royal metaphor.
Kings were portrayed as shepherds (cf.
; ; ), and to portray God as shepherd is to portray God as a royal figure.
He is the king.
But a king who cares, who guides who protects.
Matilda knew the King who guided her and protected her throughout her life.
He is the shepherd king who ;
Even when life was at it hardest;
God is a God who walks right through that valley with us, guiding us, protecting us.
The second thing that we see in this Psalm is that God is the God who prepares a place for his people.
In the second half of the poem, the basic metaphor changes to that of banquet host.
In the second half of the poem, the basic metaphor changes to that of banquet host.
Not only does he lead us, and guide us throughout our life, he prepares a place for us.
We are reminded of Jesus words;
Matilda has gone to be at the place Jesus has prepared for her, we can have confidence in that.
For us left here this psalm can serve as a reminder to us that God is with us.
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You Are with Me
At the heart of Psalm 23 is an elegant and enduring statement of faith: “You are with me.”
This simple word of trust is the faithful response to God’s most basic promise: “I am with you.”
It is between those two dynamics—the divine promise, “I am with you,” and the response of faith, “You are with me”—that the currents of the life of faith ebb and flow.
The first pastor I served with lost his oldest daughter to a sudden death when she was thirty-four.
He told me, “You never get over it.
And you don’t want to.
And through it all, one promise was most important: God is with us.”
The pastor’s words speak to the experience of millions of faithful throughout the millennia who have been comforted by the promise of God’s presence in the darkest moments of life.
Psalm 23 gives us the words to speak that faith out loud.
Even if I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil.
For you are with me.
At the heart of is an elegant and enduring statement of faith: “You are with me.”
This simple word of trust is the faithful response to God’s most basic promise: “I am with you.”
It is between those two dynamics—the divine promise, “I am with you,” and the response of faith, “You are with me”—that the currents of the life of faith ebb and flow.
The loss of a loved one is something that incredibly difficult to bare.
But through it all, one promise was is the most important: God is with us.”
These words speak to the experience of millions of faithful throughout the millennia who have been comforted by the promise of God’s presence in the darkest moments of life.
gives us the words to speak that faith out loud.
Even if I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil.
For you are with me.
Pray.
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