This is my daily reading from “My journey” today. Really interesting and cute in a certain sense. Haha. =)
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Psalms 23:1-4
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. HE makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Reading: I didn’t grow up on a farm. I grew up in new subdivisions with newly paved streets and pristine houses. So there weren’t any sheep in our neighborhood. As a result, I knew next to nothing about the creatures. So I decided to do a little bit of research and found three facts about sheep that intrigued me.
The first thing I learned was this: sheep are stupid. Every few years or so, I take my family to the “greatest show on earth” – Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. We’ve seen trained lions, trained elephants, trained horses and even trained poodles. But we’ve never seen trained sheep. There’s an explanation for that: sheep are stupid.
We are called sheep numerous times in Scripture. And I know that the principle of stupidity certainly fits in my life (I’ll let you make any personal application of the principle to your own life.) that’s why I need a shepherd. I’m sheep and I’m dumb. And as a result, sometimes I make dumb decisions. Sometimes I refuse to learn from past mistakes and repeat them over and over again. That’s when I get discouraged.
The second thing I learned about sheep is this: sheep is dirty. Growing up in the city, I had always thought that pigs were dirty, but much to my surprise, I discovered that sheep are much worse. They are dirty animals that need someone to keep them clean. That’s why sheep need a shepherd. That’s why God calls us sheep – we need s Shepherd to keep us clean.
The third thing I learned about sheep is that sheep are defenseless. Most animals have some type of defense mechanism to protect them from assailants, but not sheep. There have actually been incidents of ravens or crows flying down on a sheep’s head and plucking out the sheep’s eyes. They can’t bark, spew venom, or use sharp claws. Sheep are defenseless. That’s why they need a shepherd.
We NEED our Shepherd.
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Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I’m a sheep.
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Psalms 23:1-4
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. HE makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Reading: I didn’t grow up on a farm. I grew up in new subdivisions with newly paved streets and pristine houses. So there weren’t any sheep in our neighborhood. As a result, I knew next to nothing about the creatures. So I decided to do a little bit of research and found three facts about sheep that intrigued me.
The first thing I learned was this: sheep are stupid. Every few years or so, I take my family to the “greatest show on earth” – Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. We’ve seen trained lions, trained elephants, trained horses and even trained poodles. But we’ve never seen trained sheep. There’s an explanation for that: sheep are stupid.
We are called sheep numerous times in Scripture. And I know that the principle of stupidity certainly fits in my life (I’ll let you make any personal application of the principle to your own life.) that’s why I need a shepherd. I’m sheep and I’m dumb. And as a result, sometimes I make dumb decisions. Sometimes I refuse to learn from past mistakes and repeat them over and over again. That’s when I get discouraged.
The second thing I learned about sheep is this: sheep is dirty. Growing up in the city, I had always thought that pigs were dirty, but much to my surprise, I discovered that sheep are much worse. They are dirty animals that need someone to keep them clean. That’s why sheep need a shepherd. That’s why God calls us sheep – we need s Shepherd to keep us clean.
The third thing I learned about sheep is that sheep are defenseless. Most animals have some type of defense mechanism to protect them from assailants, but not sheep. There have actually been incidents of ravens or crows flying down on a sheep’s head and plucking out the sheep’s eyes. They can’t bark, spew venom, or use sharp claws. Sheep are defenseless. That’s why they need a shepherd.
We NEED our Shepherd.
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Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I’m a sheep.
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