Yes, Little Sheep

All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6

In our younger sheep days we wandered far, far off the ranch and away from the fold where our Lord would have us to be. As prodigal sheep we went out into the cruel world to enjoy the pleasures of sin and forgot to write the Father who loves us. And so the Father and the Son let us go our way for a while until the world left us washed up on a far shore, broken in spirit, and laying flat among the wreckage of our former strength. 

"Ha, ha," the world laughed at us in scorn, "that one won't be of any use to the Lord!" 

And we believed that scoffing and derisive laughter until one great day we suddenly thought of the Lord. The Lord! Of course, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins when we believe in Him! And the little sheep got up shouting, "I found Him! I found Him! Bouncing on our little sheepy legs and squeaking in our little sheepy voice, as we repented of our way and looked back to see the Good Shepherd.

 

"Yes, Little Sheep, you found Me," the Shepherd says, "Now let us go home, dear prodigal, to the Father who loves us. 

Have a happy St. Patrick's Day!

Bucky