Today’s first reading,
Ez. 34: 11-16, opens with the Lord saying to us: “I myself will look after and
tend my sheep….” I am touched by the humility,
the love, the caring, and the commitment of our God. Unlike so many parents today who turn their children
over to guardians or nanny’s while they go off to do whatever, not even around
to prepare meals for their children, to offer a shoulder to cry on, to provide
guidance in the midst of overwhelming confusion, or, simply, to tuck them in bed at night, God says “No, I am
going to tend my sheep. I’m not turning them over to anyone else.”
When I personalize that
message, the Lord God says to me: “Dorothy
Ann, I am taking care of you. I am tending to your needs. I am going to be at
your side when disaster strikes. Your safety
is my safety. Your well-being is my well-being. Your healing is my healing. Your daily needs are my daily needs. That you are safe from the Evil One is my
concern. I am in charge of your safety
and I will never leave you at anytime on your life’s journey.”
I encourage you to
personalize this message as well. What is God saying to you?
What a humble, awesome,
caring and faithful God! There is no
other God! Safety exists only in God and no other! We have men and women, young and old, children, adolescents and
adults who reflect this trait of God but no one equals our God! Any rescue
accomplished by humankind is God working through those courageous persons! We see God at work through human beings rescuing
persons trapped in collapsed buildings, pinned by fallen debris from fires, tornadic
and hurricane winds, drowning in flood waters, or in danger anywhere in the
world from whatever threatening force. God is there tending His sheep!
Where do you find God
tending His sheep?
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