Pause for Prayer: May 11, Easter 4 GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY

Good Shepherd by Duncan Grant

 

Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter,

   is Good Shepherd Sunday...

Good Shepherd of us all,
I thank you today for all the good shepherds in my life
and for all the ways you've shepherded me
through their love, their watchful presence,
their devotion and protection...

I thank you for my parents, my first shepherds;
I thank you for their protection, for the shelter of their love,
and for all they sacrificed
to help me grow...

I thank you for other shepherds in my family
and for all my friends
who comfort and challenge me,
who dry my tears and make me laugh,
who walk faithfully close by my side...

I thank you for all the shepherds
who taught me in school,
who counseled and directed me,
who shaped me and helped me to become
the person I am today...

I thank you for shepherds
whose names I don't know, who stand in harm's way
'round my town and 'round the world,
standing guard all day long to keep me safe,
keeping vigil while I sleep without a worry...

I thank you Lord, for the shepherds who care

for the sick and dying sheep among us,
who bind up wounds,

who bring comfort to those in pain,
who speed the path to health
or ease the path to end of days...

I thank you for the shepherds you've called home,
especially those gone much too soon,
whose gentle shepherd's crook I miss,
whose presence still abides within my heart...

I thank you for the shepherds, Lord,
who remember me in prayer,

lifting up my name and needs to you;
who keep me in the sheepfold of your grace, 

you, my gentle Shepherd,
Good Shepherd of us all...

Amen.

The Lord Is My Shepherd 

   by Stuart Townend

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