We consider it a great privilege to watch over God's creatures. We feel a natural desire to love and take care of any furry creature that he will allow us. I recently got a mini goat (Nigerian Dwarf Goat) as a birthday gift from one of my best friends. His name is Tank and he has become quite fond of us.
The friend that bought us Tank also bought a female and we agreed to name her Sparkle. She is Tank's future wife and we hope for them to start a family when they are old enough. Sparkle didn't come live with us when Tank did so she hasn't spent as much time with us. She doesn't really trust us yet, doesn't recognize our voices and touch and it shows.
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We have a calling to shepherd people. As a result, our main hobbies include shepherding animals. Through shepherding animals, we learn valuable lessons on how God feels about us, his sheep. This comes from John 10:
“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
Like our own goat knows our voice, we as God's children can experience the same thing: if we know him, we follow him out of captivity to freedom in Christ. Jesus is the shepherd and also the gate; the only way to us, his children, is through him. He is also the Good Shepherd who has laid down his life for us. We are totally protected and accepted in him.
The friend that bought us Tank also bought a female and we agreed to name her Sparkle. She is Tank's future wife and we hope for them to start a family when they are old enough. Sparkle didn't come live with us when Tank did so she hasn't spent as much time with us. She doesn't really trust us yet, doesn't recognize our voices and touch and it shows.
Watch HERE
We have a calling to shepherd people. As a result, our main hobbies include shepherding animals. Through shepherding animals, we learn valuable lessons on how God feels about us, his sheep. This comes from John 10:
“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
Like our own goat knows our voice, we as God's children can experience the same thing: if we know him, we follow him out of captivity to freedom in Christ. Jesus is the shepherd and also the gate; the only way to us, his children, is through him. He is also the Good Shepherd who has laid down his life for us. We are totally protected and accepted in him.
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