once a month, some of the ladies at school get together for an after-school Bible study. it usually lasts no longer than an hour, requires no assigned reading or homework, and you don't even have to leave the school to make the meeting. i have been so blessed by these women, their radical faith, and the support they have offered, both professionally and spiritually, over the course of my three years at RSE.
today we talked about God as the Shepherd. we actually didn't even get past the first verse of Psalm 23, but it didn't matter.
you see, if He is the Shepherd, then that must make us the sheep.
and sheep, they are dumb, dumb, dumb animals.
they don't know how to bathe. they get distracted and easily lost. heck, the babbling sound of a brook freaks them out so much they won't go near it to drink the water they need.
and the Shepherd gently coaxes them along. protecting them, loving them, exuding patience for them.
if we're going to be sheep, we need to do the one thing that sheep do that actually would work in our benefit: not worry. sheep don't worry; they are actually too dumb to. regardless, they rely on their Shepherd for everything.
let your worries pass like a distracted sheep on the hillside.
