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?
When they do come to me, and I don’t have food in my hand, it amazes me. What amazes me even more is when sheep that didn’t get this royal treatment put their trust in me.
I have new understanding of Jesus as my shepherd when I’m looking at him. When I’m examining the things he said. When I replace internal lies with what he believes about me. This is my daily bread, it is also an active forgiveness, for he knows our weaknesses and loves us anyway. “Give us each day our daily bread and forgive our sins.”
