When sheep rush you

October 17, 2024

Yesterday’s shift of the sheep fences looked different this time. I normally keep the truck out of the sheep’s pasture they are occupying. However, being rushed to get everything done, I pushed down the boundary twine and rushed the truck across their field to pick up the posts and twine for the next move. This is when I don’t want the sheep to follow me or approach.

So the race is on, the sheep are running toward the truck, and I’ve got to beat them through this gap. I’m not so sure they were actually hungry, since it was led by one of my older bottle lambs, now grown. Whether she felt good, was curious, or just was being obnoxious, it meant everyone was trying to rush toward the gap I drove the truck through.

What does a shepherd do? I have to get them to change their mind. I’m not actually preventing them from getting the fresh food, but they don’t know that. So perspective is everything when the Lord is asking us to wait.

The video is from 2018. Once they get moving like this, it is hard to turn them back.