The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In Psalm 23:1 David tells us that God is seen as a caring and dependable guide. We must follow Him and obey His commands, He is our only hope for eternal life and security. When we allow our Shepherd God to guide us we have contentment. When we choose to sin and we go our own way we cannot blame God for the trouble that we create for ourselves. We must remember this the next time we are tempted to go our own way rather than the Shepherd’s way.

Christian love and sympathy is extended to Brayson Maples in the loss of his great-grandmother, Vernia Campbell-Craig. She is also Debbie Monk’s mom.

Congratulations to Zac and Michelle Ferrell on the birth of their son, Hudson Allen Ferrell born Wed., Sept. 11, weighing five pounds, 10 ounces. Also enjoying their new little brother is big sisters, Abby and Lilly Ferrell. Proud grandparents are Jerry and Robin Ferrell and Jimmy Teague, great-grandparents, Mil-dred Ferrell Varnadore and Hoyt and Glendell Mc-Caghren.

Happy birthday wishes go out this week to Ansley Bates and Von Yeager Sept. 26; Corey Ferrell and Joey White, Sept. 27; John Mize, Carson Lemmond, Steve Holsomback and Tyler Stinson. Sept. 28; Haskel Evans, Vanessa NeSmith and Rebecca Shadden, Sept. 29; Angel Cowan, Mandi Cook, Donna P. Terry, Glendell Terry McCaghren and Kendall Sharp, Sept. 30.

Happy anniversary wishes to: Jimmy and Tina Lemmond on Sept. 28 and David and Stacy Lacy on Sept. 28.

If you are a descendent of the late William Bulter “Bud” and Effie Maples you have a reunion coming up. Details will be announced at a later date.