Ok, I know I have posted the first part before! but you need to read it again to put the Addendum into context
Sat looking out the window
The farmer has just moved his sheep into the two fields on the hillside above our house,
The sheep wandered down the track crossing the first field through the gate then into the fresh pasture.
Not grazed since the autumn
The lush grass was nearly knee high to the new lambs
As they passed through the gate they ran into the new pasture,
Frolicking around running through the whole field.
After the initial excitement, running leaping around they got down to checking out the grass like a child in a sweet shop grazing on the hoof checking out the grass all over the field
There were obviously several older sheep who headed straight for the dip in the field where the darkest, most sweetest? grass grew,
As their lambs tired of frolicking around they went to their mothers and followed their example and began grazing
Feeding done they wandered to the shelter of a fallen tree laid down sunning themselves
This continued all day, grazing wandering around sudden burst of energy frolicking around then collapsing by their mums resting.
Mid day the farmer came to the field with hay bales the sheep recognising the farmer knowing he had a special treat for them came running to him enjoying the extra nutritious food
Then as the afternoon wore on the sheep start to track back to the barn,
One or two initially then others seeing this followed until the whole flock was heading home.
Now then,
Do I need another coffee?
Stop dreaming, stop turning everything I see into an allegory seeing God in every thing, get up and stop wasting time and do something useful?
But I can hear Bach’s cantata
“Sheep may safely graze”running through my head!
Is it just the music or is God trying to tell me something?
Addendum
Watching the sheep graze
again this morning,
And as usual my mind was in a different place!
I saw many sheep grazing, after the initial excitement of the new pasture
They had settled down to their own routine
Some preferring the top of the field
Others going back to the wall grazed pasture
A few right out on the edges
Some held to the middle ground
Then I heard a voice saying
Same pasture,
same grass,
Same field
same sheep
Same Shepherd over looking
Question?
Was I seeing a vision of the church today?
Same sheep
same shepherds
All grazing on the grass the Shepherd provided
But in different parts of the field?
An example of why there are different denominations?
All being over looked by one Shepherd
Or
I hadn’t had my first coffee to pulling the world into focus
I think ill leave the coffee for a bit and dream a little longer
It a nice comfortable place to be!
Sat looking out the window
The farmer has just moved his sheep into the two fields on the hillside above our house,
The sheep wandered down the track crossing the first field through the gate then into the fresh pasture.
Not grazed since the autumn
The lush grass was nearly knee high to the new lambs
As they passed through the gate they ran into the new pasture,
Frolicking around running through the whole field.
After the initial excitement, running leaping around they got down to checking out the grass like a child in a sweet shop grazing on the hoof checking out the grass all over the field
There were obviously several older sheep who headed straight for the dip in the field where the darkest, most sweetest? grass grew,
As their lambs tired of frolicking around they went to their mothers and followed their example and began grazing
Feeding done they wandered to the shelter of a fallen tree laid down sunning themselves
This continued all day, grazing wandering around sudden burst of energy frolicking around then collapsing by their mums resting.
Mid day the farmer came to the field with hay bales the sheep recognising the farmer knowing he had a special treat for them came running to him enjoying the extra nutritious food
Then as the afternoon wore on the sheep start to track back to the barn,
One or two initially then others seeing this followed until the whole flock was heading home.
Now then,
Do I need another coffee?
Stop dreaming, stop turning everything I see into an allegory seeing God in every thing, get up and stop wasting time and do something useful?
But I can hear Bach’s cantata
“Sheep may safely graze”running through my head!
Is it just the music or is God trying to tell me something?
Addendum
Watching the sheep graze
again this morning,
And as usual my mind was in a different place!
I saw many sheep grazing, after the initial excitement of the new pasture
They had settled down to their own routine
Some preferring the top of the field
Others going back to the wall grazed pasture
A few right out on the edges
Some held to the middle ground
Then I heard a voice saying
Same pasture,
same grass,
Same field
same sheep
Same Shepherd over looking
Question?
Was I seeing a vision of the church today?
Same sheep
same shepherds
All grazing on the grass the Shepherd provided
But in different parts of the field?
An example of why there are different denominations?
All being over looked by one Shepherd
Or
I hadn’t had my first coffee to pulling the world into focus
I think ill leave the coffee for a bit and dream a little longer
It a nice comfortable place to be!