Praying Through: Psalm 23:2a He Lets Me Lie Down in Green Pastures

The Psalm

Psalm 23:2a (CSB) He lets me lie down in green pastures

The Prayer

My Lord

You are the Prince of Peace.

Where you are,

there I find satisfaction of my wearied soul
and find perfect peace where I can truly rest.

Apart from you,

I die and I perish.
Away from you,
I am only tormented by confusion and despair.
Without you,
there is nothing
but destructions
by my own hands
and by everything around me.

But you, O Lord,

call me to enter
through you and abide in you.
Once I am in your good graces,
you take the back-breaking weight of sin off me
and place it upon you.
Once more, you lay your light,
featherweight righteousness upon me.
I am no longer under crushing condemnation
nor your furious wrath
but yet,
within the protection
of your great arm
and the coolness
within your great fortress,
that is the Rock of Ages.

Once more,

you are the truth.
While my heart strays
and wanders from you,
you are the Good Shepherd
who would gladly chase me down
and bring home over and over again.
Because you alone have the words of eternal life,
I have nowhere else to go but to come home with you.

I thank you

for healing my broken heart and mind.

I thank you

for opening my eyes, ears, and mouth of your glory and goodness.

I thank you

for giving me strength for you are Christ Jesus my Lord forever.