“All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own way;
and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:5
WANDERING
SHEEP
Here
and there and over yonder
Little lambs just love to wander!
Sheep
always will by nature stray
Quickly into danger's way;
Foolish
ignorance they show,
As to destruction onward go;
Far
from safety, far from home,
Unafraid they freely roam.
Wilful,
wayward, wandering sheep,
Who can this flock in safety keep?
Like
them we too a Shepherd need,
To watch and keep, to guide and feed.
To
bear weak lambs on His strong arm,
To keep the sheep from every harm.
Christ
Jesus is that Shepherd dear,
Whose voice His own sheep gladly hear.
They
will not with a stranger go,
But flee from those they do not know.
Christ
for His sheep a ransom gave,
That they no more need fear the grave.
He
died that they might ever live,
And to Him praise and honour give,
How
blessed within this flock to be,
Safe from danger, truly free!
S Hirst
"I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep,
and am known of mine"
John 10:11-18
Nore.. The picture of the sheep walking along a path all on its own was taken
one sunny day at Seven Sisters Country Park East Sussex
At once the photographer thought of Isaiah 53:5!
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