I thank God with all my heart for seeking me.
I thank Him for not giving me up for dead.
When I was out in the wilderness so deep,
it seemed so incredible that He would 
take His precious time to go after that one,
lost lamb. But He did. Thank you Lord.
He loves each and every one of us. 
Jesus Christ showed that love by suffering
the horrendous torture and humiliation 
on the cross -
He did all that for us. 
He did it for our sins. 
Won’t you please ask for forgiveness 
right now 
and thank Him for what He has done for you? 

The Shepherd is calling 

- He is waiting on you 
and His arms are open.

Blessings this day in the holy name of Jesus,

Gary W

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 
for it is the power of God unto 
salvation to every one that believeth.

Pathway of Pain

If my days were untroubled
and my heart always light,
would I seek that fair land
where there is no night?

If I never grew weary
with the weight of my load,
would I search for God's peace
at the end of the road?

If I never knew sickness
and never felt pain,
would I search for a hand
to help and sustain?

If I walked without sorrow
and lived without loss,
would my soul seek solace
at the foot of the cross?

If all I desired
was mine day by day,
would I kneel before God
and earnestly pray?

If God sent no winter
to freeze me with fear,
would I yearn for the
warmth of Spring every year?

I ask myself these
and the answer is plain,
if my life were pleasure
and I never knew pain

I'd seek God less often
and need Him much less,
for God is sought more often
in times of distress.

And no one knows God
or sees Him as plain
as those who have met Him on the
"Pathway of Pain."

Helen Steiner Rice

 

 

John 10:27-30
My sheep hear my voice, 
and I know them, and they follow me:
28:And I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish, neither 
shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 
29:My Father, which gave them me, 
is greater than all; and no man is 
able to pluck them out of my 
Father’s hand. 
30:I and my Father are one.

Luk 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed 
of me and of my words, 
of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, 
when he shall come in his own glory, 
and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.

Luk 15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
 Luk 15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
 Luk 15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.