You Are Dumb
…and God loves you enough to come looking anyway.
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
As you go, proclaim this message:
‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’— Matthew 10 : 6–7
Lately, my FYP has been filled with reels about how dumb sheep are.
And that’s why Jesus often referred to us as sheep.
Because… ahem, sorry to say this, but…
We are indeed… dumb.
Not just dumb, but stubborn as well.
Those reels show us that sheep need their shepherd to guide them home.
And the funny thing is…
Even while being guided, some of them still get lost for many reasons,
but the main one is distraction.
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From today’s Gospel, I got this perspective:
No matter how lost you are,
He always has a way to find you.
How?
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
— Matthew 10:1
It was literally stated in the very first verse of today’s Gospel.
Where He deliberately called his disciples to find the lost.
God can work through anything and anyone.
If you’re still questioning whether He loves you,
or whether He still cares,
just take a look at the people around you.
Whether it’s your family, friends, spouse, or even your community,
they are the ones who stay by your side through the ups and downs,
even those who quietly pray for you.
Through them, God sends His people,
so that we may be found and guided back to Him.And through us, God sends us to find others as well,
to guide them back to Him.
At first, we were the lost sheep.
Then, through the people God placed in our lives,
we were found and gently led back to Him.
And now, perhaps God is inviting us to become one of those people for someone else.
Our story of being found may become the very reason someone else finds their way home.
