a glimpse of heaven's love

Psalm 23:3b "...He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake." In just the verse previous it says, "He leadeth me beside the still waters."  Well, again, God is leading us...but in this case He leads us in the paths of righteousness.  What does that mean?  Well, first of all, I believe I've heard it said on more than one occasion, "A good definition for 'righteousness' is Right with God-ness ."  In other words, righteousness is a right standing before God . We cannot have a right standing before God without having confessed to God that we are a sinner, and in need of Christ's  finished work on the cross.  That is really a whole new subject...but it is, in fact, where it all begins.  If you do not know Christ as your personal Saviour, please reference "salvation" in my postings.  There are many, many references that will be a help to you.  This posting is primarily for Christians, and the remind...

Psalm 23:2b "...he leadeth me beside the still waters." At first glance, this sounds very similar to the previous posting, "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures."   They both sound very restful, very comforting.   But let's look at it a little different way today.   We hear throughout Scripture the realization that "His way is perfect" (Ps. 18:30); "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord" (Is. 55:8).   His ways are far beyond our ways, but that's not to stop us from obeying Him.   He says in James 1:22, we're to be "doers of the word, and not hearers only."   I could go on, but you get the point.   Put simply, as the Good Shepherd, He leads us; and as His sheep, we are to follow. The second point I want to make (and I've spoken on this subject many times), but it's the fact that we--even as Christians--tend to just want to go our own way.   We a...