Tag: Sheep & Shepherds
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Season After Pentecost: The Gospel Passage – When the lost are found, and the found are counted
“Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the…
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SILENT SHEEP – Only in the gospels!
“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.” (Isaiah 53:7 Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12) I do not think I have been around when…
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LIKE A SHEPHERD – Giving all for the sheep
“He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.” (Isaiah 40:11 from Isaiah 40:1-11 ) Many years back I heard a meditation given on Psalm 23, written from the perspective (supposedly) of a shepherd. I say…
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SHEEP WITH NO SHEPHERD – Alone without a refuge or leader
“I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said, “These have no master; let each one go home in peace.” (I Kings 22:17b-c from I Kings 22:1-40) Context is important. Jesus noted the similarity between the people he was sent to and lost sheet who had…
A Simple Desire 