(photo by Joel Sartore)
Aren't those beautiful words? But the diligence involves the diligence not only of the divine but also of someone on earth. Know anyone like this? They
- take care of other people -- not just themselves
- strengthen the weak
- help heal the sick
- bind up the injured
- bring back the strays
- search for the lost
- don't rule harshly or brutally
- don't let people wander and scatter and become like food for wild animals
Hopefully, you do know someone like this and hopefully they are in your church (or maybe it's you!). It's a description of a shepherd of people. There's also some scary news for shepherds who don't act like shepherds, and encouraging news for sheep. You can read it HERE.
Is this a big deal?
From A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23:
So when the simple -- though sublime -- statement is made by a man or woman that "The Lord is my Shepherd," it immediately implies a profound yet practical working relationship berween a human being and his Maker
It links a lump of common clay to divine destiny -- it means a mere mortal becomes the cherished object of divine diligence
One of the ways the divine diligence is applied to the cherished object -- is the shepherd.
Do you know why sheep wear bells?
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