I saw God today…there is an open area near my house where the farmers winter their sheep. I drive by every day and love to look at all these precious sheep – big ones, little babies, brown, white. Last week I went to one corner and took a couple pictures, but today I wanted to try to get closer and get some shots of those darling little lambs. As I tried to quietly approach, first one, then another and another looked up at me and immediately started to move away. Then they started to run away. I was bummed since I didn’t get my great photos, but I saw God. “…the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. His sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
God calls us sheep. I want my heart to be so attuned to His voice that I recognize it immediately and follow only Him. How do sheep learn to recognize their shepherds voice? They spend lots of time with Him! How about you?
Watching for God,
janet