THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS YOUR STORY

 

THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS YOUR STORY

 

What is=

THE STORY=Of your life?

What are the problems=

Of your life?

 

Whatever it is=

Whatever they are=DON’T YOU WORRY

THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS YOUR STORY

 

“At the sight=of the crowds

His heart=WAS MOVED=with pity

For them

 

Because they were troubled

And abandoned=like sheep

WITHOUT A SHEPHERD”                                                                                                             Matthew 9:36

 

A HIRED HAND=may

Abandon his sheep=but

THE SHEPHERD=never does

For=HE KNOWS YOUR STORY

He knows you=INSIDE=and out

 

Sometimes like sheep=we

GET LOST in dangerous areas

But the SHEPHERD=Jesus

Comes and FINDS US=no matter

What our problems are

THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS MY STORY

THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS YOUR STORY

 

THE SHEPHERD=knows

How to lead the flock=through

Any situation=he KNOWS his sheep

For=HE CARES ABOUT US

 

He searches out=AND FINDS US

When we are lost

THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS YOUR STORY

 

“……..what is mankind

That you are mindful of them=human beings

That you=CARE FOR THEM?”                                                                                                              Psalm 8:4

 

“THE RIGHTEOUS CARE=about justice

For the poor=but the wicked

Have no such concern”                                                                                                                  Proverbs 29:7

 

“By the grace=God

Has given me=I laid a foundation

As a wise builder

 

And someone else=is

Building on it=but each one

Should=BUILD WITH CARE”                                                                                                    1 Corinthians 3:10

 

Jesus has pity=and compassion

For=EACH ONE OF US

 

THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS YOUR STORY

And when you are lost=HE COMES

And SEARCHES for you until

He finds you=THE SHEPHERD

Cares about you=no matter

WHAT YOUR STORY IS

 

“SEARCH ME=God=and

Know my heart=test me

And know=my anxious thoughts”                                                                                              Psalm 139:23

 

“The Lord=SEARCHES THE HEART

And examines the mind……..”                                                                                                            Jeremiah 17:10

 

“Or suppose a woman=has

Ten silver coins=and loses one

Doesn’t she

 

Light a lamp=sweep the house

AND SEARCH CAREFULLY=until she finds it?”                                                                             Luke 15:8

 

That is the way=THE LORD IS

With you and me=when we are LOST

For whatever reason

 

The Lord SEARCHES DILIGENTLY

Until he finds us=for

HE KNOWS OUR STORY

 

He KNOWS=our pain=our dreams=

Our hopes=our desires=

THE SHEPHERD=KNOWS OUR STORY!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our ever COMPASSIONATE=Holy Father God=who

KNOWS the stories=of each one of us!

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-23-2023

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.