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Psalm 23:2
2He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
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In A River Runs Through It, the father teaches his sons to fly fish on Montana rivers. "Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it." The river becomes sacred space—where father and sons commune, where grace flows even when words fail.
"He leads me—but I must follow. The Shepherd goes before, but the sheep must walk. Grace leads; we respond. He restores my soul—but I must allow the restoration, cooperating with the Shepherd's work. This is the dance of grace and response." — John Wesley.
"The Lord makes me lie down in green pastures—this is an act of resistance against a culture of relentless productivity. Sabbath rest is prophetic protest. The anxious system says 'produce more'; the Shepherd says 'lie down.' Rest is revolutionary." — Walter Brueggemann.