22 April 2022

 I found an old daily I wrote a dozen years ago and thought it was appropriate to resubmit.

Good morning! How are we faithing? I had a very interesting dream early this morning. My bride and I were looking at a farm to buy. They raised pumpkins and melons of all sorts and they had cattle, sheep, chickens and a ton of Boxers. We entered what was a dream barn. It was huge! The lay out had room for car and tractor work, room for critters galore, hay loft, in the basement was an area where the critter poop fell down and a bobcat and a shovel was used to move the refuse onto a conveyor belt for fertilizer. Well above in one room was like a birthing room for the lambs and cows. While we were wandering with the owners we went down to the poop cleaning spot to observe the operation and I saw the conveyor working,(it also chopped up the stuff for fertilizer), and I saw a lamb in the pile starting to be covered and headed for the chopper. At first I thought, "how gross to send dead critters for fertilizer " then I saw the lambs eyes open! I ran and snatched the lamb up, we both were covered in the poop as I pulled the baby away! Nobody had noticed the lamb falling. Nobody noticed the lamb going under. Nobody noticed the gasps for life. When I finally had the lamb in my arms I couldn't stop crying because the lamb was so close to being lost. This my friends is exactly what Jesus does for us.

Matt 18:12-14
"What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? "And if it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. "Thus it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.
NAS

Heavenly Father,
Thank you that you loved each one of us enough to send your son for us. Thank you for revealing you love and wisdom to us. We pray that the children be guarded from evil ways and thoughts. We pray for strength to stand up even when we are beaten down. We lift the lost to you. Make opportunities for them to hear your Word. Please open our eyes so we find wisdom. Let others see your love in us. In Jesus name, amen

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