Sheep

I was chatting with Jon, a new friend of mine and he was telling me about growing up on a farm with sheep, chickens, goats, and other animals. With the exception of having to clean out the chicken coops it sounded really cool.  When he mentioned sheep, he told me how they really are some of the dumbest creatures. He told me how if they saw chicken feed on the other side of a fence they would run right into the fence trying to get to it. He told me about how actually living with sheep gave him a deeper understanding about what it means when the bible talks about us being like sheep, and Christ being our shepherd. While on one hand I laughed to hear him tell me about the sheep, on the other I realized how humbling it is to be a christian.  Think about it, how many times have you run into a "brick wall" running after something you thought that you wanted, or were not supposed to have? How many times has our Shepherd come after us when we wander from the sound of his voice? For come after us he will, as many times as he needs to and rejoices every time he finds us and brings us home. That's the crazy part, he doesn't even get mad at us for wandering off. Whatever sadness he may have had is wiped away with the joy of seeing us return to him.

Although I'm quite sure he hopes we stay within earshot from now on.