The Sheepfold and the Voice of the Shepherd

Stone sheepfold John 10:22-30 Recently my boys have been spending a great deal of time outside in the area that will soon be transformed into our garden. They spend endless hours digging in the dirt for worms. They then promptly take those worms and throw them to the chickens. It amazes me how even chickens can learn to recognize sounds or voices. My oldest makes this funny high-pitched sound when he comes out of the house and heads toward the coop. The chickens practically fall over themselves running toward the fence or out of the coop when they hear him making his sound. They know there is food to follow! In Sunday's Gospel Jesus tells us that, "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me." and "I am the gate for the sheep." Today, again, Jesus mentions that His sheep know His voice and follow Him.  In these few verses we learn that Jesus is both gate and shepherd for the sheep. In those days and even today in some places, a sheepfold w

What Daniel has been up to...

Daniel is now 2 weeks old and is doing very well. He now weighs somewhere between 8.5 to 9 lbs. He likes to eat...a lot. Here is a picture of Daniel, quiet, content, and I think he might be smiling a little.







He doesn't stay content for long though. Daniel is thinking somthing. I am not quite sure what it is, but it's probably something like this..."It's been 20 min. since she fed me...something's wrong...maybe there's no more milk..."




And that quickly escalates to this...






"I'm going to starve!"






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Emily said…
What an adorable little boy!
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