God never abandons anyone on whom He has set His love; nor does Christ, the good shepherd, ever lose track of His sheep.
---J. I. Packer
My daughter--my little lamb--(BTW: that's what her middle names means...cool, eh?) she has been gone for 2 weeks visiting her dad and family. Today she came home! I feel so much better.
Of course, LOL, the house is back to being VERY ACTIVE now, (the dog is chewing on her bone LOUDLY, my stereo is going, the washer/dryer have beeng running, my daughter is playing her keyboard and has her stereo blaring at the same time, etc.), but I had too much quiet going on in this house for two weeks anyway! :-D Glad she's home.
How much more the Shepherd/Father of our soul...how much more "settled" must He feel when all His sheep/children are gathered and accounted for!! He doesn't mind the bleeting and the frolicking in the meadow, or even the butting of heads sometimes....for He watches over it all. He gets to have a front row seat into our lives. He watches over us with LOVE. He keeps us. He delights in us. We are in His pasture...and He sees us. He takes delight in seeing/hearing it all.
No matter where you find yourself at the present...YOU are still HIS! :-D Just like a shepherd takes care of the sheep, keeping them from harm, our Heavenly Father is the GOOD SHEPHERD who when we find ourself feeling alone and teetering on a cliff, will pull us back again. He loves us that much.
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