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I will fear no evil: Resting in God’s presence

Post published: August 29, 2026
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified: August 30, 2026

In a dark valley, David sang to the Lord, “I fear no evil, for you are with me.” Resting in God’s presence, we too can face down fear and keep walking through.

A grassy footpath runs beside a quiet lake. Tall trees stand at the water's edge. A green pasture lies beyond the lake.

Rest is a many-splendored thing! Psalm 23

Post published: December 18, 2025
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified: August 28, 2026

How “many-splendored” rest can be! Especially the rest the Good Shepherd gives. As our lives sing yes to his rest, he lifts our spirit, lightens our load.

At home in God's love: Cozy brick house with lights in windows, beside a canal lined with autumn-tinted bushes and trees. Two people enjoy a small dock at canal's edge. Two ride bikes across the stone bridge that spans the canal.

Now and forever: Resting in God’s love

Post published: January 8, 2022
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified: September 16, 2026

Think of it! All that David experienced and described in Psalm 23 – all of it – is still flowing from God’s great love, in hot pursuit of you.

Two deer drink from a mountain stream that runs through a wooded valley beside a gray slat fence. A shaft of sunlight shines down from above.

My cup overflows: Resting in God’s favor

Post published: January 1, 2022
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified: August 29, 2026

I praise you, Lord my Shepherd. You have overcome for me all the shame that ever has or ever will attach to me. You are teaching me to overcome it too. By your grace, I drink deeply of your favor, and it restores my rest.

Standing between a peaceful canal and the walking path that follows its course, we look ahead to where the channel runs, with a row of stately trees on either side, and a green sunlit pasture lying to the right.

He restores my soul: Resting in God’s unforced rhythms

Post published: September 29, 2021
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified: August 29, 2026

“Come to me,” Jesus said. As we do, he restores our soul, releasing it from the chaos of frenzy and anxiety. He leads us in the unforced rhythms of grace.

Sun is rising above gray clouds, creating a white-yellow sky and bringing light to a misty valley between dark, forested mountains.

I shall not want: Resting in God’s provision

Post published: September 21, 2021
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified: September 16, 2026

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want,” sang David, the poet-king. Or in other words, “I lack nothing.” “The Lord hasn’t given us enough!” cried Joseph’s clan. We may know and love David’s words. Yet at times, it may seem that we lack a LOT. So what do we do with that?