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Welcome to the new week of the Daily Blade. So I haven't done this up to this point on the Daily Blade, but I actually want to dedicate the episodes this week to a specific person. So, and that is my uncle Kevin. So he's technically my great uncle, but for my entire life, he was just Uncle Kevin, or he became Kev Dog at some point. I don't really know the story behind that, but I was calling him Kev Dog there for a little bit. But he actually passed away in the early morning hours of February the 21st of this year. So he battled a bunch of different ailments that attacked his body for many years, but he can finally rest easy now, which is very, very helpful and makes us all pretty happy. So it actually was while I was recording four hours worth of the Forging Table episodes

for my Undana Live podcast when I got the news that he had been taken off of life support

and that my family was not sure how much longer he would make it.

And as soon as I got done recording with my guys, I went to the hospital where he was. It was very, very late. His bride, my aunt Terry and his youngest daughter, my cousin Lindsay, were there with him. And, you know, as you can imagine, my uncle Kevin was there, but kind of not there at the same time. And I think most of you know what I mean at this point. And as I was sitting next to his hospital bed, I wasn't really sure what to do or say for a while. Because this, I mean, for all intense

purposes, he was the best man in our family, just an absolutely solid man, a solid believer.

But I brought with me up to his bedside. I brought my Bible with me. And so I decided to just read to him. And so I actually read two different Psalms to him, and then I just talked to him a little bit. And I wasn't sure if he was aware enough to know that I was talking to him, but I just told him how much he meant to me and what I learned from him over the years. But this week on the Daily Blade, I'm actually going to go over the two

Psalms that I read to him and then pass along some of the wisdom to you that I got from my life

observing how Uncle Kevin operated. So the first Psalm that I read to him was one that I'm sure most

of you have heard of or heard something about it at some point in your life, and that's Psalm 23.

And I chose Psalm 23 because it

seemed appropriate for someone that was almost assuredly about to pass away. So this is a Psalm of

David, and I'll read it all here. The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want. He makes me lie down in

green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in the pass of

righteousness for his namesake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.

Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my

enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

So I really want to focus in on verses 1 through 3 today. So verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd. So the word Lord is in all caps. And any time that you see that, you need to remember that that is the covenant name for God, which is Yahweh or Jehovah. So when David proclaims that Yahweh is his shepherd, he is describing

a deep and personal relationship with God, yes, and additionally a covenantal relationship with God.

And continuing in verse one, I shall not want. So this is David

acknowledging that because Yahweh is his shepherd, he has divine provision. God is sufficient. God

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