Daily Meditations on the Bible
… you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
Summary: Peter helps us understand that being faithful to God while we serve him in this life leads to eternal favor.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:4 (b) — A Crown of Glory”
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
I have to confess that I do not have any direct personal experience with sheep (outside of seeing one in a petting zoo once or twice). I do know a couple of people who have had experience working with sheep and neither one much cared for it. Sheep are dirty, stubborn, stinky, and troublesome. It is interesting that Jesus would choose to use sheep as a metaphor for people as often as he did.
What I do have experience with is going astray. I have LOTS of experience there. I don’t know how much trouble a lost sheep can get into, but people seem to have an unlimited range of options when it comes to going astray. I am pretty sure that everyone reading this has their own experience in this department, so there isn’t any need for more description here.
Continue reading “1 Peter 2:25 — We are the Sheep”
Imagine two old shepherds sitting around the fire reminiscing about the “good ol’ days” when they were younger and would spend all of their time with the sheep. The fire crackles gently as the cool of evening settles in around them like a dark blue shawl on their shoulders. The stars begin to come out and one shepherd says to the other, “Remember that night when the stars came alive and we heard angels speak and saw the baby Messiah?”
Continue reading “Remembering”
Have you ever noticed that sometimes people write IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS to make a point? Sometimes we get in the habit of putting an exclamation point after every sentence! Oftentimes, we abuse such things!!! Until they lose their meaning all together!!!!!
Continue reading “Exclamation Point!”