Feed My Sheep

Choosing to walk the path of discipleship,

striving to follow in the Lord's footsteps,

hoping to become like Jesus

brings with it great responsibility.

The Lord, as my Shepherd

has asked

the question 

to all followers of Christ

"Lovest thou ME?"

"Feed my SHEEP !"

In John 21:15-17

Jesus asks of His beloved Peter...

not once,

but three times

The Shepherd loves all His SHEEP.

He knows them by name

and longs that not a single one,
  lost from His fold.

How do we FEED HIS SHEEP?

service

encouraging words

a smile

a prayer

a listening ear

fellowship

unconditional love

just by being aware of another's needs.

Yea Lord,

I love thee.

Whom shall I FEED today?

15 ¶So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, 

Simon,son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? 

He saith unto him, 

Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. 

He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

 16 He saith to him again the second time, 

Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? 

He saith unto him, 

Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. 

He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? 

Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, 

Lovest thou me? 

And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; 

thou knowest that I love thee. 

Jesus saith unto him,

Feed my sheep.

Remove the Beam

In Matthew 7:2-3

Jesus delivered a Sermon

that would serve

me well today.

3 And why beholdest thou the MOTE that is in thy brother’s eye, 

but considerest not the BEAM that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, 

Let me pull out the MOTE out of thine eye;

 and, behold, a BEAM is in thine own eye?

The whole BEAM - MOTE idea 

reminds me of a story

I heard long ago:

A young couple had moved into a new neighborhood. 

The first morning, while they were eating breakfast, 
the young woman observed the neighbor hanging up the wash outside.

"That laundry is not very clean," she said, 

"she doesn't know how to wash correctly. 

Perhaps she needs another laundry soap."

The husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang out the wash, 

the young woman would make the same comment.

About one month later, 
the woman was surprised to see nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband,

"Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. 

I wonder who taught her this?"

Her husband said, "I got up early this morning and washed the windows."

And so it is with life: 

What we see while watching others depends

 on the purity of the window 

through which we look through.

It is especially difficult to see truth,
when objects in the distort
reality.

REMOVE THE BEAM

Perfect Judge

Simply put

by 

Lynn A. Mickelsen

What should we do when we have knowledge of others’ problems?

1. 1. Don’t judge. Leave judgment to the Lord, the perfect judge. Let us not examine or explore others’ sins but look to their divinity. It is not ours to delve into others’ problems but rather to perceive the breadth of their goodness.
3. 2. 
   We must forgive. Although we may have been personally wounded, the Lord said, “I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.” ¹¹
4. 3. Forget. A relentless memory can canker the most resilient spirit. Leave it alone; lay it down; put it away.
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Judge Not

Could it not be said,

He or She that is without sin,

can point their finger to blame another,

focus on another's faults,

and be the JUDGE of their actions?

Who am to JUDGE another,

when I myself

is

imperfect?

(RP) reminds the reader of the

woman taken in adultery

and

Jesus masterful and pure response;

"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone."

John 8: 10-11

If a person is so consumed with the shortcomings of others,

then that individual forgoes an opportunity

for improvement.

Rather than focusing on others,

 look within.

God gave us weakness, 

that we might be humble and look to Him

to be our strength...

not to JUDGE another

for the personal mission and trials

that were designed for that man, woman or child.

I see multitudes of stones daily.

I have ten fingers...

Rather than cast stones and point fingers,

may they be purposeful reminders to me

How can I be better?

JUDGE not.

Matthew 7:1

"Go and sin no more"