Aug 20, 2024 My fear rose as I viewed the Waimea sheep through the cellar wireless camera this morning. Some are deathly sick, and I have been blaming myself, which is not a healthy reaction. I needed God’s comfort. As I wrote this, I heard via a podcast: “Perfect love casts out fear.” Several lambs…
What bugs me about lambs who have been fed bottles of milk is that after they are weaned, they become way too independent. These ones who clearly know my voice and have responded quickly when I have a bottle of milk, often behave like sheep that never got fed or loved. Where is the loyalty?…
Surprise! Dixie does recognize that she can herd sheep. I was rather certain her fear would keep her from understanding that. Well, it still affects her performance, but it does not rule out who she is. She at her core, from her parentage, has the needed gift I desire. How to remove her fear or…
Three sheep injured in a dog attack a while ago are still hurting and sick. I kept them in a small field where I could check them daily. One had been inches away from dying. Yesterday I wanted them to follow me to a new pasture. I had kept them fed, so they began to…
Today I struggle with how to describe this fresh bread from the Lord. At this very moment, I’m basking on the shores of the promised land. It is by faith this kingdom Jesus talked about is happening in my heart. I’m living on every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth. He’s filling it with…
One predictable trait of sheep is selective hearing. My sheep can hear me and ignore me, or they might hear me but have their own ideas of what I want. The ones that actually follow where I’m leading them are rock stars. However, I will still gather them together to send them to the correct…
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…