Breakfast For Your Soul

Good Morning Beloved,

Let me set this before you as plainly as I can.  If a person climbs over or through the fence of a sheep pen instead of going through the gate, you know he’s up to no good—a sheep rustler!  The shepherd walks right up to the gate.  The gatekeeper opens the gate to him and the sheep recognize his voice.  He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he gets them all out, he leads them and they follow because they are familiar with his voice.  They won’t follow a stranger’s voice but will scatter because they aren’t used to the sound of it.” ……… “I’ll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep.  All those others are up to no good—sheep stealers, every one of them. But the sheep didn’t listen to them.  I am the Gate.  Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. The thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy.  I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.  “I am the Good Shepherd.  The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary.  A hired man is not a real shepherd.  The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf.  He’s only in it for the money.  The sheep don’t matter to him. “I am the Good Shepherd.  I know My own sheep and My own sheep know Me.  In the same way, the Father knows Me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before Myself, sacrificing Myself if necessary. You need to know that I have other sheep in addition to those in this pen.  I need to gather and bring them, too.  They’ll also recognize My voice.  Then it will be one flock, one Shepherd.  This is why the Father loves me: because I freely lay down my life.  And so I am free to take it up again. No one takes it from Me. I lay it down of My own free will. I have the right to lay it down; I also have the right to take it up again.  I received this authority personally from my Father.”  …. Everything I have done has been authorized by My Father, actions that speak louder than words. ……….. My sheep recognize My voice. I know them, and they follow Me. I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good.  No one can steal them from out of My hand. The Father who put them under My care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from Him.  I and the Father are One.”

Love,

Jesus

(John 10:1-30)

Cartoonist’s Comment:

The name of the Lord is Jesus. Through the name of Jesus we are protected from the enemy.

U R Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day!

Regina