23:1 “The LORD is my shepherd; I have what I need.” No one can trust providence till he distrusts himself; and no one can say, “The LORD is my Shepherd,” until he has given up every idle notion that he can control himself or manage his own interests. Alas, we are, most of us, wise above what is written, and we are too vain to acknowledge the wisdom of God. In our self-esteem we imagine that our reason can rule our purposes, and we never doubt our own power to accomplish our own intentions. And then,