Marilyn's Musings
June 3, 2025
Welcome June! The month of graduations, confirmations, celebrations of all types. We celebrate Father’s Day for all the men in our lives. We are proud of our new members at Old North that we celebrated during worship this past Sunday. We have a number of our Thrift Shoppe volunteers that are graduating high school and moving on to college after working our sales for the last couple of years.
June is a month of new beginnings. We have watched our young people grow up and are ready to face their new future whether it be college or becoming a member of Old North. The Thrift Shoppe is having their special June sale on Saturday and then will close for the summer for a well-deserved break. The annual church family picnic will be happening this weekend where we can all get together to visit and talk before some of us go our different ways for the summer.
On Sunday Pastor Linden read the 23rd Psalm -The Lord Is My Shepherd. He then talked about the psalm written by David. David was a shepherd and I loved the way Pastor was able to talk to us about what David was saying and how a shepherd takes care of his sheep. Here is the psalm for you to read again.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feel no evil for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
I love this psalm! I want to share with you a very personal moment that happened to me where the words of this psalm gave me peace. Five years ago, when my brother was dying, I went to see him. He died two days after this visit with him and I am not sure he knew I was there. He was at peace in a hospice where he was being taken care of and sleeping. When I looked at him and said my goodbyes all of a sudden, the words from this psalm came to my mind “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feel no evil for you are with me.” It was an amazing few minutes I had “hearing those words” and looking at my brother. He wasn’t afraid anymore and was at peace while he was “walking through the valley of the shadow of death.
As we continue through the month of June being with our new church members, our graduates and celebrating the men in our life, let’s remember these beautiful words from David. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want”.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJZCMsRrT8&si=G-IMIYGoAL8eIH3d
Let’s sing and remember – “All the Way My Savior Leads Me”.
Preview YouTube video All The Way My Savior Leads Me (lyrics) Nina Åström
