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I am the ONE…
“A shepherd in charge of 100 sheep notices that one of his sheep has gone astray. What do you think he should do? Should the shepherd leave the flock on the hills unguarded to search for the lost sheep? God’s shepherd goes to look for that one lost sheep, and when he finds her, he is happier about her return than he is about the 99 who stayed put (Matthew 18:12–13, VOICE).”
A message from the Spirit: “For any among My flock who may feel: forgotten and overlooked, disappointed and discouraged, rejected and unwanted, broken and damaged, silenced and unheard, afraid and alone, burdened and pained, guilty and unworthy; for all those who feel lost, this is written for you — Your Lord, The Good Shepherd.”
I am the one…
I was lost in my own thoughts one evening, when I felt the Spirit say to me: “I stopped the world for you!” It took me a moment to grasp the words I’d just experienced. “Stopped the world for me — ,” I questioned. I thought it was a sweet gesture, but that surely this could not be right, or that I’d somehow misinterpreted the Spirit’s words. So I held on to the words, continued with the remainder of my evening and the next week, and occasionally thought of them with appreciation (even if I had misinterpreted the words, I appreciated them). However, I had not given the words the true depth of reflection they were owed. Then one day, without warning, I was…
