Lovest Thou Me...?

Shepherds watch. Understand. Learn. Grow. Feed. But mostly, they're known to inspire. Now, I'm not talking about those shepherds that watch over animals, but rather the Shepherds that watch over us.
Now, there are many comparisons for our personal shepherds and those shepherds that watch over those wooly animals.
The first that I really picked up on is their constant watch over their flock. Both are looking for times to help their flock grow and become better, stronger more aware of what's happening. They are always watching for the lost lambs, for those they can help, for those they must work on to get them where they need to be. They both are trying to get their sheep to return. When the time comes, they do all they can to get their herd back where they can have their rest. The stronger the lame is, the better the shepherd is as well.
The second is that they are always there at the exact moment that the lamb needs them the most. It's not even that they know when the lamb needs them, they're just there. They're able to understand their lambs whether or not the lamb knows the call that the shepherd is calling them with, the lamb understands. It's funny that the shepherd will be there whenever the lamb is in trouble with all sorts of animals, whether that's sin or just motivation, the shepherd is going to be there for that lamb when the lamb calls. The shepherd may not even hear the lambs call, it may be that someone else hears it and they understand that the shepherd needs to be with their lamb, either way the shepherd understands and is there to make sure ever lamb is there and ready to fulfill all they need to.
The last thing I'll mention is that the shepherd never loses track of his lambs. He never gets them confused even though to others, ever sheep looks the same. He knows each by name. He hears each calling to him seperately. What sounds like the same call to most people is much different to the shepherd. From the time that the lamb is just a baby, it is known personally on some level from that shepherd. The lamb may not totally understand who it's master is, but it knows that there is someone there that is helping it along the way. It may never discover who their shepherd is, but it knows for a surety that there is something there, driving it slowly to where it needs to be, where it'll be it's safest.
I love that I have so many shepherds listening to the calls of my heart and prayers. It's a privilege to be able to talk about the shepherds that have given me hope. Today there have been two that have stood out to me. They've been there to remotivate, to relieve to reconnect me to where I need to be headed. What an honor it is to be called one of their lambs.

 

They are feeding His sheep.