Day of Praise

Thur, 10/11/18, "Day of Praise"

So today is Amanda and my anniversary, so I want to do a rerun of an anniversary trip.

"The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want." - Psalm 23:1

So Amanda and I are away on a short anniversary trip in the Mentone, AL and Cloudland, GA area. We're staying in a cabin on a big piece of property and getting to do things with the owners. Ya know, do things. Like explore their 2,800 year old Indian site dig and hike to the ancient Indian prayer pits and go into their chicken coop and visit with the two pot-belly pigs. Ya know, do things. Anniversary kind of things. (I know; we're weird.)

But the most fun of all has been herding the fainting goats. Ya know, you really have to be nice when you're herding those goats, or else they get scared. And faint. Really!

However, ya can't let 'em fool ya. Because if you don't watch out, those seeming meek goats will pick on each other. Like they pick on Bent from time to time. Bent's the old goat (literally) who has something like multiple sclerosis. And when Bent gets to twitchin' then the other goats pick on 'im, and he gets scared. And faints.

That's why Bent needs a shepherd. To look after him. Because he's got weaknesses. That make him vulnerable. To bully Billy goats. Like you and me. Ya know, weaknesses. That make us vulnerable. Aaaaah, you know what I'm talkin' about. I know what mine are that make me feel picked on by bully Billy goats. And you know what yours are.

But just like Bent has Steve and Harriet, well, we have Jesus. The LORD. The Good Shepherd. Like he says in John 10:1-10. He especially keeps us from getting bullied out of Heaven by the biggest bully Billy goat. Ya know the bully goat that Jesus says is always trying to steal from us, kill us, and destroy us. Well, he can try, but he might as well just go sit in the corner like my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Howell, made the big ol' bully in my class do decades ago. Because Jesus ain't gonna stand for his sheep gettin' bullied and causin' 'em to faint.

This is his farm. And we are his sheep. So, well, it's all good. All the time.

"The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want." - Psalm 23:1

Praise God!