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| “Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” |
| —Psalm 23:6 |
Have you ever had someone show so much interest in you that they just wouldn’t leave you alone? It wasn’t that they had any evil intent. It was just that they seemed to enjoy your company so much that they would hardly give you space to breathe.
I am told that in the early stages of many male/female relationships, women often feel that their latest love interest has started to overwhelm them, even suffocate them. The man might have good intentions, wanting to show his devotion and the magnitude of his interest. But, smothering someone with whom you are trying to spark a mutual relationship almost never works.
On the other hand, there are some qualities in life that we may wish to have following us. King David expressed this well at the end of his famous Psalm, specifically Psalm 23:6:
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Having laid out the blessings of a relationship with God in the earlier verses of this Psalm, David brings this song of praise to a conclusion by declaring the benefit the derives from everything else he talks about in this Psalm.
As we take off on another new day, let’s pray and ask God to grant us these two “followers” in our lives. Let’s welcome God’s gift of goodness and love. Then, let’s share those gifts with the people who cross the pathway of our lives.
