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

Perseverance in reading Scripture

I've been trying to post meditations on the daily readings more frequently and consistently.  I love to read the readings, think about them and then share my thoughts, ideas, or insights with you.  I pray they are helpful and I pray that they are really not from me but that I'm just an instrument of the Lord in some way.

Today's readings proved to be much more difficult than the previous days.  God is questioning Job.  The Psalmist realizes there is no way to hide from God.  Jesus is warning those who won't repent.  Oh, happy day...

Okay, that was a bit of sarcasm.  Not every blog post or meditation is going to be perfect but that's okay. Not every day is going to be perfect, it's okay.  God gives us what we need when we need it.

That's one of the beautiful things about scripture.  It's truly "living and active" as St. Paul says.  When our eyes, and more importantly our hearts, are ready for what God has in store, He will reveal it.  The challenge is to continue reading, to press on even when we don't "get it" or we don't feel like it.  God can't make a passage clear to us, even one we've read 100 times, if we don't read it that 100 and 1st time.

A great prayer, one I say all too often is, "God I don't understand, I'm not hearing anything from you, this passage makes no sense, but I trust you and I can't wait until you show me the meaning one day."



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