The Twenty Third Psalm ` Indian Version

The GREAT FATHER above, a SHEPHERD CHIEF is.

I am His, and with Him I want not.

He throws out to me a rope

and the name of the rope is love;

and He draws me to where the grass is green

and the water is not dangerous;

and I eat and lie down and am satisfied.

Sometimes my heart is very weak and falls down,

but He lifts me up again and draws me into a good road.

His name is WONDERFUL

Sometimes, it may be very soon, it may be a long long time,

He will draw me into a valley.

It is dark there, but I'll be afraid not,

for it is between those m mountains

that the SHEPHERD CHIEF will meet me

and the hunger that I have in my heart

all through life will be satisfied.

Sometimes, He makes the love rope into a whip;

but afterwards He gives me a staff to lean upon.

He spreads a table before me with all kinds of food.

He puts His hand upon my head

and all the “tired” is gone.

My cup He fills till it runs over.

What I tell is true. I lie not.

These roads that are “away ahead” will stay with me

through this life and after;

and afterwards, I will go to live in the Big Tepee

and sit down with the SHEPHERD CHIEF forever.

(Author Unknown)

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Two Wolves ~ A Cherokee Parable

will be the next  publication in this series...

truly a poignant illustration of Life!

Merle Baird-Kerr