Word in the Hand

You care for me as a shepherd for a lamb; Finding fields of  fragrant clover; Pools of clear water; A haven for my soul. With You I walk in ways of truth. Death holds no fear for me; Depths of despair will not bind me; For you have not left me alone; You guard me with weapons of truth and justice. You feed me with the Bread of Life; Despite those who rage against me; Blessed by your Love; I can ask for no more. Every day of my life is filled with You; My resting place in Your arms Forever. wordinthehand 2010 in response to the Round Robin Challenge http://outmavarin.blogspot.com/

John 10:27-30 Jesus said: ‘The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me. The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, and no one can steal from the Father. The Father and I are one.’ 'The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice;’ The image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd is one that we have all found easy to relate to from our earliest years. In fact the very first ‘artist’s impression’ of Jesus is though to be an early Roman wall painting of a young man with a sheep held safely on his shoulders. From our earliest years the pastoral style of the Children’s Bible illustration has given us this lovely, warm image; an image of comfort and protection; the gentle Jesus, meek and mild. Except that now we know, that the shepherd is not who we used to think he was. Shepherds in the time of Jesus were thugs with a day job. They were hard, itinerant men with...