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SESSION 1 : Who is This Shepherd-King?

me some very wise advice. She said, “If this is God, He will remove

your husband from you, but you must say nothing. Let God do it.”

Two years later, we had both been prepared for what God was going to

do. Our marriage was on the rocks, and after 19 years of being together,
my husband left—and the three-year-long walk through the valley of

the shadow of death began.

It was the most painful experience of my life, and at the entry point, I
no longer wished to live. My enemies in this valley were several well-

intentioned but totally insensitive Christians; shame, a sense of failure,
rejection, abandonment, fear of lack, isolation, loneliness, grief,

hopelessness, and despair. It was a terrible assault on my body, soul,

and spirit. However, despite all this, I knew that my Good Shepherd
was leading me—His fearful little lamb—every step of the way.

I spent three years in very close connection with God and listened
extremely carefully for His direction. I learned not to move until He

had given me clear instructions, and it kept me on the right path. At

times, it was very difficult to obey, as those instructions demanded a
total laying down of self and everything I possessed. I was most

definitely in what seemed to me, at the time, a valley of utter death.

However, as I ventured out in faith, with my Good Shepherd leading, I

began to experience a remarkable transformation as my faith in the
absolute goodness, supremacy, and power of God—for everything and

anything in life—grew and grew…

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