Dear Friends,
Greetings! I went to the college today in order to have several of my friends and colleagues come to the rental house to help me discern what work still needs to be done on it before I can move in.
On my way to the college I heard a goat bleating. This little animal was very loud in its bleating! I figured out that it was calling to its mother! I watched as it ran, bounded would be an appropriate word as well, down the road towards its mother. Suddenly there were two little goats and they were busily finding their mother's milk underneath her body! Unfortunately my camera was buried too far inside of my backpack and I was not able to get a picture:(
This scene made me think of Jesus. Jesus talked with the disciples and the other people who followed him about the sheep who recognize the shepherd's voice. This mother goat recognized the voice of her baby goat and the baby goat knew how to find its mother.
This is so much like our God! Jesus knows our voices and tenderly comes and finds us when we are hungry for his presence. We can bound for joy in Jesus' presence and in our quest to locate where our Savior is. There is nothing like watching a visual image playing out on a dusty, unpaved road in Africa to help a Biblical truth take on flesh and bone and become a lived reality right in front of my eyes!
Blessings,
Debbie
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