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Second Week in Advent - Saturday - Shepherds

12/15/2012

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READ PSALM 23

Few of us have ever seen a shepherd.  Yet this pastoral imagery lives on, conveying to our minds our creator's concern for the individual person: for a person's welfare, development, guidance, discipline, and lot in life.  God still provides the green grass and the calm waters; God still calls us to come to him for renewal.  Isaiah added this to the picture of the shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep" (Isaiah 40:11).  And in John's gospel, Jesus calls himself the good shepherd (John 10:11-16).

Which metaphors of Jesus are most meaningful to you?
Why is the term pastor used for clergy?

PRAYER: "Savior, like a shepherd lead us, much we need thy tender care; In thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use thy folds prepare."
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