Be a sheep!!

I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that if you were to pick any animal on earth to represent who you are, the last animal you would pick would be a sheep. Am I right? Nobody takes a sheep to carry a heavy load up a mountain or to pull a plow in the field. You can’t ride them. They can’t even defend themselves. Nope, I’m not a sheep. Or am I? Sheep are not load bearing animals. They were not designed to be. They need a shepherd to lead them to good pastures with water. They need a shepherd to protect them. Psalms 23:1 says: The lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. If the Lord is our shepherd, what’s that make us? SHEEP!!
Think about your life for a hot minute. Are you worried about anything? Is your job stressing you out? Kids making you pull out your hair? Finances got you feeling depressed? Have you lost a loved one and just can’t get passed it? Does scrolling social media make you feel inadequate compared to all the “perfect” lives you see there? Can I tell you a secret? You’re not a load bearing person. You were never meant to be!! Jesus created you to rely totally on him. He wants to provide for you, protect you, comfort you, help you in every little thing or every big thing! Are you struggling? Give it to him!
Also, he gave his life and then came back to life again! We can’t do that, but he can do that for us too! He wants us to stay near to him too. Do you know what happens to rebel sheep that stray away from the shepherd? They end up being lunch! I don’t know about you but I don’t want to be lunch. I don’t want to carry all that life throws at me. Be honest. Do you? Let’s just be content being sheep and let our Good shepherd carry the load! Then let’s give him the praise and thanks he deserves!!
Dear Jesus, thank you for all you have done, are doing, and for all you have promised to do that I’m confident you will do!!

Love you my friends!!