The Shepherd Shapes the Soul

The Shepherd Shapes the Soul is a gentle 12-day devotional journey through Psalm 23, written especially for believers walking through the later seasons of life.

Many of us have known this Psalm since childhood. We have quoted it in hospital rooms and at gravesides. But as the years pass and the valley grows nearer, these familiar words begin to read differently.

In this devotional, a seasoned pastor reflects on Psalm 23 from the perspective of lived experience — including his own recent health crisis involving multiple strokes and a heart attack. What he discovered in the valley was not fear, but presence.

Each day explores one phrase of Psalm 23, tracing the Shepherd’s work in shaping the soul:

• Provision

• Rest

• Quiet

• Restoration

• Direction

• The Valley

• Presence

• Protection

• The Table

• Anointing

• Overflow

• Mercy

This is not a book about avoiding the valley. It is about discovering that the valley itself may be part of the Shepherd’s righteous path — and that in the shadow, faith deepens from knowing about Him to experiencing Him.

Written with warmth, clarity, and pastoral steadiness, The Shepherd Shapes the Soul offers comfort, assurance, and quiet confidence for those who are surprised by the shadow but ready to walk it with their Shepherd.

You are not walking toward darkness.

You are being led — all the way home.