The words of Psalm 23 are a prayer for people through the ages. They have been prayed many times, and are today, and will be for maybe thousands of years to come. As we pray these words we are surrounded by the body of Christ - the believers who came before and after us, those of the great united Church which is spread out through all of time. We hold the hands of those who went before us, in order to lead those who will follow us. There is a reassurance and truth in that.
We are not alone, standing on a limb, interpreting the Bible and thinking through doubts for the first time. We have the whole history of God with His people, and all the thoughts and wisdom of those who struggled before us. We still need to adapt the truths to our own time and place, but human nature doesn't change and neither does God. We have more in common (and more to learn) from the ancients and even the "recents" than we think.
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