“Gentle
Shepherd
There’s
no other we turn to who can help us face another day, Gentle Shepherd, come and
lead us, for we need you to help us find our way”
Author
Unknown
Why is it when we come close to the ultimate love in our lives,
we get ready to run?
What are we afraid of?
I mean this is something we have always needed, and longed for,
to be found and brought back home to live life with joy and peace in our
hearts. Why do we look for it, if we are only going to stray, or wander off
again?
Recently, I was reminded of the parable of the Lost Sheep Luke
15:4-7, Matthew 18:12. I have heard people say before, “your priest is your
shepherd,” I do not believe this to be true, I would say though a priest is more
like the hired man or the incompetent shepherd, not many would bother
about the lost, look for the strays, have the time to heal the wounded, or
support the weary Zechariah 11:15-17 because it wouldn’t matter how far I ran,
or the distance I can sometimes create, no one would chase after me or leave
the other sheep behind to come and look for me but only my true shepherd would,
the good shepherd who would lay down his life for me and for you. In saying
this, I think of the love God has for each one of us and that we are all his
children and that is what we are, his sheep, he knows us, and we know him.
There are times in our lives when we go astray like sheep,
taking on our own ways and like Jesus, he uses his own free will to lay down
his life and no one can take that from him. He has the power to lay it down and
power to take it up again. You see, Women of Faith and Hope, we are his sheep,
we will never be lost, and no one will ever steel us for we have the power to
belong, to hear his voice and to follow our Good Shepherd who gives eternal
life.
A lamb at the throne became our shepherd, leading us to living
water and all our tears will be wiped away. Jesus said to Peter once “feed my lambs.”
We are his people, the sheep of his flock. Psalm 99:3
Ezekiel 34:15-16
I will
pasture my sheep; I will show them where to rest- it is the LORD who speaks. I
shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the wounded and make
the weak strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true
shepherd to them.
Matthew 18:12-14, Tell me Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and
one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine that did not stray at
all. Similarly, it is never the will of your Father in heaven that one of these
little ones should be lost.
Zechariah 11:15-17, Next,
the LORD said to me, ‘Now take the gear of an incompetent shepherd. For I am
now going to raise an incompetent shepherd in this country. He will not bother
about the lost; he will not look for stray; he will not heal the wounded; he
will not support the weary; but he will only eat the flesh of the fat beasts
and tear off their hoofs. Trouble is coming to the worthless shepherd who deserts
the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither
entirely, may his eye be totally blinded?
Revelations,7:17, Because the Lamb who is at the throne will be
their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water; and God will wipe
away all tears from their eyes.
Jesus said to Peter, ‘Feed my Lambs.’ John 21:15
May God Bless Always, Women of Faith and Hope.
Written and created by My Mother Rose
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