Our posture toward God is meant to be receiving what is completed. Imagine eternal water flowing over us, signifying a waterfall of forgiveness; it is a state of righteousness given in the same manner he gave it to Abraham. When the sick man was lowered from the roof into Jesus’ presence, that man’s sins were…
Maintaining hope. For me it’s slowing down and appreciating beauty. I see the verdant green hills of Waimea, so steep that it probably takes horses to gather the cattle down to the corrals. It’s when a sheep that normally is afraid of me comes near and just hangs out. Waterfalls truly inspire me. It’s grasping…
What do you do with frustration about your circumstances? Though the sad, angry, or annoyed emotions play havoc with my peace, they don’t need to control my decisions. About 23 adult sheep or baby lambs died in the past three months. There were many different causes for their deaths, and now I’m currently trying to…
This morning I was pondering Darlene Cunningham’s teaching on the belief tree. Somehow the visual image of the massive and magical tree in the Avatar movie got stuck in my head. When I think about Avatar’s “belief” tree, I disagree with their worldview, yet I ponder the idea of life within that tree. It was…
What are you hearing these days? I’m writing out of joy and excitement. This season of my life is hard to describe, yet it was always available and ready for me to enter. Many, many familiar words from scripture and from others who taught me, whether they are YWAMers or not, now inspire me. Does…
I’m a failure as a shepherd. But Jesus is not. Sheep are selfish and stubborn. Is it possible for me as a shepherd, to tell the sheep all the dangers they face because of their choices? Not really. Yesterday I moved the pet lambs into their new fresh grass. It is in my nature as…
Stubborn sheep. But they can change too. One of this year’s bottle fed lamb’s personality really demonstrated independence. He would often be in a different area of the paddock, then start crying his heart out not just for milk but for them to pay attention to him. Yet he was the one that missed his…
This last lambing season, I ended up with four lambs that got rejected by their mom, or their mom died. Also, two additional rejected lambs showed up, and those were adopted by other mama ewes. Yet one of those adopted lambs fell behind, and it later revealed that the two-teat milk supply was on one…
It still amazes me that the bottle-fed lambs never seem to be satisfied. They got fed five times a day with milk, given treats like grain or haole Koa branches I know they love. I keep an eye on their water, their safety, and make sure that they are given enough medication so internal parasites…
Willful and stubborn sheep polluting their land 200 hungry sheep and no sheepdog makes it crazy difficult to push them into their prepared paddock. To safeguard their health and also from getting out onto the road they have to obey my voice. But their heads are down, each doing their own thing. The majority are…