![]() When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. If you have doubts and want to think more about this, visit our parish website ( )and ponder one of the sixteen HELP ME BELIEVE posts on the website’s homepage.Įvery day is a day that each of us is spending with God.“The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. Is God able to be close to you? Would God do that? Why? And the most important question for each of us: Do you and I believe it to be true? Who made you? And look at the beautiful God-made creation around you: the sun rising each and every morning and setting each and every night. Try this or something else that you think will connect you more to the best shepherd that you will ever have.ĭoes it seem too good to be true that God would want you to be this close to him? If you doubt that, consider how wondrously made you are. Thank him and, instead of listening to music or thinking about whatever is on your mind, be attentive to the presence of the Shepherd share your thoughts with him and let him lead you. How about doing this when you get into your car? Think of him, the gatekeeper, helping you open the car door. Take advantage of times when you are alone to listen to the Shepherd’s voice get used to hearing it.Perhaps go over what happened during the day and let that Genesis 2:7 breathing of God’s own life into you continue. ![]() ![]() Each evening when you are passing through the doorway of your bedroom, think that Jesus there, waiting for you – the gatekeeping Shepherd of your soul and your life.Let’s consider perfecting or starting a daily routine that may help us turn our attention to Jesus’ shepherding. ![]() How can we stop our chattering minds and attentively listen for our Shepherd’s voice? How can we train ourselves to enjoy what he has to offer us? Can we do that and if so, will our everyday lives be better than a more self-directed living of every minute of our day? Second, let’s look at us, those Jesus now is shepherding. and guard me during the night? What’s the alternative? Think of that as you look at the above picture of the sheep and shepherd, as you reread the verses of Chapter Ten of the Gospel of John. and then make sure that I am in a secure place?. to watch over me and lead me during the day?. Let’s spend some time this week on perfecting our side of the shepherding partnership.įirst, let’s ask ourselves: Do I truly think that God would want to shepherd me?. So, we can be sure of God’s side of our partnership with God, – the shepherding that began when God breathed his own life into us ( Genesis 2:7). he gives me repose he refreshes my soul.” Psalm 23 “The LORD is my shepherd I shall not want. I am the gate for the sheep.’” John 10:1-10Įven in the Old Testament, we are told that the Lord is our shepherd: So Jesus said again, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, The Pharisees did not realize what he was trying to tell them. “Although Jesus used this figure of speech, He walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him,īecause they do not recognize the voice of strangers.’ The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice,Īs the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gateīut climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.īut whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
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