We Need the Good Shepherd

Micah 7:14a (NET) - Shepherd your people with your rod,The prophet begins the chapter by lamenting the sins of the people.He follows this with words of vindication.He concludes with a prayer in which he asks for a shepherd.The prophet understood how important it was for us to have a shepherd.Scripture makes many comparisons between people and sheep.But these comparisons are not necessarily flattering.I personally know people who currently raise these animals.The insights they have shared with me have proven quite revealing.To begin with, sheep are basically helpless.Left unprotected, they easily...

Epiphanies Continue

Matthew 2:7-11 (NET) - Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.” After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was. When they saw the star they shouted joyfully. As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and...