I was meditating on a devotional thought re: the Lord is My Shepherd and began to feel wonderfully cared for just in the thought of having my personal shepherd. (Psalm 23)
Then my mind wandered as a sheep mind would to the passage (John 10)that he has "other sheep"and I began to be wonderfully cared for in and with the company of other sheep for whom he is equally the shepherd. This is I thought the community of faith, sheep grazing together on green pastures in still waters with soul being restored.
Then I thought no wonder Jesus taught us to pray "Our father" not my father. We are in a solo and communal relationship that has us all equally and wonderfully cared for.
Restored in soul today by the thought of individual and personal connection too the shepherd and communal connection as part of the family of "our father".
About Me
- Don Paine
- I am a pastor and a clinical psychotherapist. My life's passion is defining healthiness from a human perspective and paralleling it to the holiness of God, divine perspective. Shifting perspectives creates a paradigm that is alongside of rather than over and against. The parakalein of God and the paradoxes of humanity are redefined. Humanity is all about winning and yet we are losing ground everywhere. Divinity is all about letting go of the desire to win and the fear of loss. The Divine embraces the world with loving care regardless of anything.
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