I’ve been tagged by Phil (http://casethepromisedland.blogspot.com) to post “that verse or story of scripture which is important to me, which you find yourself re-visiting time after time”.
So hard to choose. The passage by which I was converted - The Prodigal Son Luke 15 will always hold a special place in my heart (I have talked at length about this passage on this blog under "Welcome Home - a bible passage to knock your socks off" 14 April 2007)
However, the passage to which I return most frequently is John 10. I am vulnerable and easily led astray, but I belong to Jesus. God the Father has given me to Him and nothing can snatch me out of his hand. He will not let go of me. I am His.
John 10: 11 - 18, 27- 30
11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one."
I now tag Craig T.
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Ooo my! Thanks for the tag Jill. Will get on top of that either tonight or tomorrow.
What a great idea! I loved reading yours. How many things in this world are the 'hired hands' that run at the time we really need them. So many false dreams and aspirations are set up for us to be sucked into.
Praise be for the good shepard who does not run when we are in trouble, but actually steps in for us.
I read once that sheep are so dumb that if they are not 'shepherded' properly they wont survive. ??No such thing as wild sheep??
"He and makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside quiet waters ".
Sometimes I think God is really making me lie down. For my own good of course. I resist and want to get up and run in circles, going nowhere, just exhausting myself. But my shepherd knows best.
The assurance of being cared for... this is so vital.
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