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The Lord is my shepherd; I have what I need.
Psalms 23:1 CSB
I have what I need. 
This is not a message that we hear very often!
Our news media and social media are built on the opposite value, that we don't have what we need, and this thing, this next thing, this way of being or doing, this look or shape or colour or relationship or place or something will give you what you need. 
David says that Yahweh as his shepherd is enough. 

He lets me lie down in green pastures; 
he leads me beside quiet waters. 
He renews my life; 
he leads me along the right paths for his name's sake.
Psalms 23:2-3CSB

This is the way of peace for our soul, spirit, mind, body. This is a picture of rest and restoration in the middle of Life. 
The Lord is my shepherd is a way of being in our circumstances. 
My problem often is that I don't allow Him to be my shepherd...maybe that's what I need more of in 2023, simply to listen a little more to the shepherds voice, to take his direction, to rest and be restored by Him. 
I have what I need, 
the Lord is my shepherd.
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#ihavewhatineed

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