{"id":11432,"date":"2023-11-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11432"},"modified":"2023-11-09T07:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:29:21","slug":"low-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11432","title":{"rendered":"Low Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday, November 7, 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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We Need A Good Shepherd to Guide Us Through the Many Coming Storms.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ezekiel 34:23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 9:36<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shepherds, in Jesus day, lived rough, with the flock on the hills, leading them to green pastures and fresh water by day and guarding them from danger by night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a shepherd was not a highly sought after or held in high esteem occupation. Quite the opposite. It was one of the lowest of the lowly ways to make a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being compared to sheep, though, that is a real low insult, that hits out of bounds and lays one flat as fodder for the vultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheep were and still are very dumb animals. They need protection all the time from predators. They need to be led to food and water. And …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we were young my brother demonstrated how they follow, absolutely stupidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we were bringing the sheep into the barn he sat out of sight just inside the door. After the first ten sheep passed through the doorway he stuck a broomstick across the doorway about a foot and a half high. The next sheep jumped over it to follow those ahead, as did the next five. Then he pulled the broomstick out of the doorway, and …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the rest of the flock jumped over the none-existent broomstick to follow the sheep ahead into the barn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheep are real stupid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So being compared to sheep is a real low blow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the comparison fits us just right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need a Good Shepherd to have compassion on us helpless people, following most stupidly the most stupid of stupid leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank God, God sends us one in Jesus, who saves us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And<\/p>\n\n\n\n

again today, many times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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