Paintings By Goats
Goat Stories
Goat Stories
Goat Stories
The Lord has repeatedly talked to me about not
disturbing the goats while I am cleaning the goat
yard during their afternoon nap time . He has
repeatedly related this to the goats of this world
and why he sometimes does not allow them to be
roused out of their sleep and awake to the truth .
So today , as I was cleaning the goat pen I was thinking
about this long run on example that the Lord has been
talking to me about ... The goats were laying all over the
place which was not very convenient for cleaning ,
and the Lord gently reminded me not to disturb them .
I realized suddenly that disturbing them with my rake
is far different than asking them if they want to go graze
while I am cleaning . And the Lord said to me , let them
go out and graze then . I asked him , Lord , how is this
any different ? When do I decide to disturb the goats
of this world from their sleep ? He asked . I disturb them
when they are ready to enjoy the good things that
I have to offer them ; daily guidance , the comfort and
confidence of knowing me as their savior and shepherd ,
eternal life ... all of my many gifts . If they are satisfied
with all of the bad things life has to offer , then why
disturb them ? Why not let them go on sleeping if
they don't want the good things , if they won't accept
them when they are offered ? A sad thought , but I think
I see where the Lord is coming from , so many people
waste opportunities for his offered gifts , at some point he
just stops offering until or if he knows they will accept ,
and sometimes that day never comes . Thank you Lord
for waking me up , I was happy to be disturbed in order
to receive the good things !
Goat Stories
I had just put the goats out to graze , I let Maya back in and she went
right to her Mother to nurse when she hadn't been milked yet .
So I took Maya and put her into her night pen , separate from her Mom
to save our milk. Maya started freaking out panicking and pacing etc.
The Lord said , don't you do that , don't you be like that , and I at once
knew what he meant , because in recent times we had been dependent
on Dad's help financially .Now Dad had lost his work , and the potential
financial help for us . Having been under his help , we could easily have
freaked out when it was retracted . We didn't need to panic, because the Lord
was our source , even when He was using Dad to help us , and he would continue
to take care of us .
Goat Stories
I was cleaning in the goat kid's barn , and had closed them out in
the goat yard . Ordinarily I would have fed them , let them in , then cleaned the yard
but the Lord said , don't feed them yet , and don't open the door to the barn.
but clean with them in the yard , at once , I saw a difference in their behavior,
Instead of ignoring me , they were following me , touching me , and acting friendly
The Lord said , in the abscense of food , they pay attention to you. , just as we , in
the abscense of provision , turn our eyes on Him and pay attention to Him .
Having finished the yard , I let them in the barn , and the Lord said , now feed
them so they can see you feed them , this bonds them to you . In the same way
when we can see God feeding us , it bonds us to him . So I threw in their
alfalfa hay , but because one of my dogs ran in , they didn't see the good food I
had put in , they were distracted and spooked looking at the "danger" that was there
And the I went in and fed them their grass hay , ( ie , the lower quailty feed )
They ran over and were excited to see the provision , and the food , even though
it was lesser quality .
Goat Stories
We had been in a financial trial , and had wondered if we needed to get rid
of the goats . The Lord said , if this trial was about getting rid of the goats ,
don't you think I would have sold the goats that you already had for sale ?
Why do you keep asking me if you should get rid of them when I've already told
you ? Because , i answered , we keep having to struggle , and we want to make
sure you're still with us. He said , do you know why Peter sank ? , because he doubted
because he held back just a little . Don't hold back , trust me , believe me when I tell you
something . It's not about getting rid of your goats , it's about being patient.
Goat Stories
I didn't give the goats their normal hay before their grain , I just went straight in ,
and opened the door . Lucy , who does not acknowledge me as her shepherd ,
and actually dislikes me , put her nose into my hand as if to say , don't you
have something for me ? Then she walked out the door , flouncing and acting
arrogant and haughty again , as if she didn't need me, and never looked back
again at me even once. In the same way , non believers who hate God ,
ask him for a hand out , or a favor , and then having asked , go on acting
prideful and arrogant .
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
proverbs 16 :18
Goat stories
I was washing the boy goat's water bucket , and the Lord said
did you ever think it was strange that you clean and give the goats
something to drink from the same source ? and he went on
to explain when you are in the word , you both clean and drink at
once . But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
JOHN 4:10
Goat Stories
There are few things more heart wrenching for
a shepherd of goats and sheep than to hear the cries
of mamas and babies during weaning , I was out cleaning
pens , and I could hear a kid crying for his Mama from the
weaning pen , as a shepherd you have an overwhelming
Instinct when you hear that panicked cry to go and rescue them
but you cannot , because weaning must happen. I spoke to
The Lord about this , because it was stressing me out ,
times have been rough lately , and this crying was more
than I could bear on top of everything else.
“Don’t you think that as your shepherd your cries cause me
pain? But I must weigh what is best for you , and sometimes that
means withholding something from you that you feel you need.
Like a baby being weaned , you cry because you believe you need milk
But I am preparing you for more , I am preparing you to receive meat.”
ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the
oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who
by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews5:12-14
Goat stories
When Cherokee’s twins got frightened , or realized they
Were alone in the room , they would go at once and find
A hiding place , behind a door , under the feeder ,
And I at once wondered if David called the Lord his hiding
Place for that cause ,
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from
trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs
of deliverance. Selah. Psalm 32:7
Goat stories
Sienna , Amira’s girl , wanted to nurse , and her
Mother didn’t want her to , in order for them to
nurse , at this two month age , the mother puts her head
Down a little , and looks at them, and that is the signal that
They can nurse , the little doeling just kept looking
Up into her mom’s face , straining up to touch her ,
Trying to make her look at her , and Amira just
Kept looking away and resisting . And it reminded me
Of when God hides his face from us , and how troubled we are
And that then we are to seek his face
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:Psalm 104:29
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto
thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.psalm 27:8
Goat stories
I left a goat in the stanschion while
I went to do something else , I looked back at
Her waiting to get let out , and the Lord said ,
I only leave the goats in an uncomfortable position
As long as necessary too (as well as the sheep)
ie alive in this world even
Goat stories
Our goat Brat was coming into the
pen from being out grazing, I
was holding him by the collar to
lead him in, and he was pulling
and pulling against me, trying
to go his own way, and he finally
broke free and almost ran his head
into the barn. I often think it that in
trying to go our own way rather
than the way the Lord is trying to
lead us, stubbornly clinging to self
will, to self-sufficiency we
more times than not only end up banging our heads against the wall.
Goat stories
In the goat barn during milking
we have an in door and an out door
so that there is no confusion of where
we expect the goat who is next to be
milked to be waiting when her name
is called for her turn.The goats kept
coming to the wrong gate and expecting
to be let in, I kept telling them,
”I won’t let you in unless you come through the
right gate.” Likewise there is a right gate
that leads to salvation, a right gate that leads
to heaven, and we cannot get in through
the wrong gate ,but we have to come
through the right gate, the one that Christ said was
right, through him. Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and
many there be that go in thereat:Because strait is
the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.
matthew 7:13-14
I am the door:by me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved
john 10:9
Goat Stories
We were out of grain at the
Kid barn, so I fed the little boys
their alfalfa hay early in place
of it. Later when it was actually
time to feed alfalfa,I was going to
withhold from them because
they had already had some early.
A goat is very routine oriented,
and when I failed to give it to them
when I ordinarily would have, they
were upset and started running in
and out of their house, looking at me
puzzled. The Lord said “Give them their
alfalfa.” After I did, He said “If you ask
me for something and I give it to you
right away, you are less likely to remember
it than if you ask and I wait to give it
to you. Sometimes it is in the waiting
that we see God move more clearly,
and in the building anticipation of
His answer, that we have the
opportunity to exercise faith.
Knowing that tribulation worketh
patience; and patience, experience;
and experience, hope:
And hope maketh not ashamed
Romans 5:3-5
Goat stories
We lock up the goats kids in the
Early evening as they get older so that
They can move toward being weaned,
And we always give them something
Good to eat in the kid pen, so they will
Think it is a good thing to go in when we
Put them away.
One day Ellie was crying to get put away
In the kid pen so that she could have
that little bit of grain we offer as incentive
to be willing to go through the gate. Ellie
couldn’t see ahead, and did not have
the foresight to know what would happen,
that she would be closed in, away
from her mom until the next morning
after milking.
Ellie only knew what she
thought she wanted, she didn’t have
the understanding to see that she was free, then
she, at her own insistence was put away,
and no longer free. In the same wise, we
often ask the Lord, even beg Him for
things we think we want, but we have no
understanding of what it will mean
if we get what we ask for, often times
our desires for ourselves
and our futures are not the thing that is best
for us, and the Lord being all knowing,
doesn’t always give us as we’ve asked
Him for but sooner what Is best.
GOAT STORIES
One day while milking the goats,
I called Josee for her turn to be
Milked, she didn’t come, I called
her again, she still refused to come.
So I called Kai as the next goat in
Line to be milked. After Kai was done,
I called Josee again, and this time
She came. The Lord calls us and calls
Us to come to Him, “I will be as a moth”
Hosea 5:12-15
What does a moth do? It bothers us,
Fluttering through the room,
just bothering,
Then when we still don’t respond, “I will be
as a Young lion, I even I will tear and go
away.” Have you ever seen a young cat
with something it has caught? The cat
grabs it then retreats to see what will it do.
This is when the Lord allows hardship to come
Into our lives, in order for us to see our need for
Him and that we can’t do it alone,
still calling to us through our hardship.
If we still don’t answer His call then He just
Goes away…we don’t hear His calling anymore…
we have until it is time to leave the barn to answer His
call, until our death, or until the rapture of the Church,
neither of which do we ever know the hour of.
Come let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn,
And He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will
Bind us up. Hosea 6:1
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is
The day of salvation 2 Corinthians 6:2
Goat Stories
When a kid was needing to put
On weight I put him alone in the
Yard with grain, every day he fought
To stay with the other kids who
Were eating hay, trying to stay with the
Provision he can see, sooner than realizing
I’m taking him to something better.
As people, we are much like this,
We often seek to hold onto the provision
We see, not realizing, the Lord has a
provision far better, which we can’t see.
By faith Abraham, when he was called to
Go out into a place which he should
After receive for an inheritance, obeyed;
And he went out, not knowing whither he
Went…..But now they desire a better country
That is, an heavenly: wherefore God is
not ashamed to be called their God:
for He hath prepared for them a city.
Hebrews 11:8 and 16
Goat stories
I was complaining of the cost of the
new goat grain we had transferred the
goats to because while it was much better
quality than the other feed we had been on,
it was also twice the price. The Lord told
me” Be open handed, even with the goats”
and I answered “But what about economy?”
and the Lord answered, “There is a difference
between economy and cheapness.” Give, and it
shall be given unto you; good measure,
pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete
withal it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 6:38
And all these blessings shall come on thee
and overtake thee, if Thou shalt hearken unto
the voice of the Lord Thy God.
Deuteronomy 28:2
Goat Stories
I had let one of the goats out to come and be
Milked , and she was going mad waiting for me
To put the grain in the bin , pretty much having a hissy
Fit , “can’t you just be patient ?”I asked her , then came
The Lord’s resounding voice , “Are you patient for your
Reward ?” he asked me , “No Lord” I admitted “Your
Reward will come , but you must be patient until it does”
I am a rewarded of those who diligently seek me Heb. 11:6
And I know the Lord is right , one day the reward will come
After much toil and many trials on this earth , but how I long
To hear Him say those words , “well done good and faithful
Servant” Matt.25:23
Goat Stories
I was cleaning the boy’s goat barn , and I was talking to the
Lord complaining, couldn’t he just fix this messy world now
Rather than later ? Can’t you make things better for us now
Rather than later ? While I was distracted talking to him ,
I accidentally put hay in the boys’ second hay bin before I
Had cleaned that side of their house , they rushed in then
To eat the hay , and the Lord said to me, “Do you see what
Happens if I give you your reward now instead of at the
Right time ? Your reward can get in the way of me cleaning
The mess if it is given at the wrong time .”
And behold , I come quickly and my reward is with me , to
Give every man according as his works shall be Rev. 22:12
Behold I come quickly ;hold fast that which thou hast ,
That no man take they crown . Rev. 3:11
Goat Stories
I was cleaning in the goat pen , we were experimenting with the deep bedding system
and the Lord said, put that bucket full over the top over there on top of that pit
on top of the good hay you put in there . and I said no Lord , it's dirty stuff The Lord said
do you want to preserve what you've built up there ? or do you want the goats to eat it ?
So I took the bucket , and spread it out over the other hay in the pit . The Lord said to me
I build on a firm foundation , out of even the filthy parts of your life because it is out
of that filth that you learn to trust me and stand on the solid ground I provide .
Goat Stories
I observed that as we had dug down deep in the dirt floor of the goat pen
it actually made deep pits in the sand trying to keep the goats out of
their own filth . By raking fastidiously day after day ,we were having to do
a deep bedding system in those holes we'd dug , in order to fill them in
and stop eroding . It was the hardest thing I had ever done to leave them
in their own filth as it were , and that , for their own good , to fix what
had gone wrong. It occurred to me how much more difficult for the Lord
to leave us in our own filth , and how he must want to clean us up if only
we would allow .
Goat Stories
I was dreaming last night , and figured out the real reason Lucy is so
opposed to me . At night time milking , I was letting Kaya go first
and Lucy was supposed to be going first , but my sister had not brought
the milk bucket yet . And this was not expected by Lucy , and when the
expected thing doesn't happen , then the goats 100% of the time will spook
It's the same when you skip the order of rank , if you don't have grain,
when you don't give you their treat coming off of the stanschion ,
All of these things frighten them . In the same way , we as humans
grow frightened , panicked , and spook when the thing we think should
happen , expect to happen , doesn't , and we too run away from God
just as Lucy runs from me , because when the expected doesn't happen ,
we then don't know what to expect .
Goat Stories
I was giving a goat (Cheyenne) a treat , and I watched her very
closely , and noted that as she waited for me to give her the treat ,
she never looked at my hand , or even at the treat , but she gazed
continuously into my face.
Seek the Lord and His strength , seek His face continually 1 Chronicles 16:11
Goat stories
A young goat was running around the goat yard crying to the Lord
for leaves as we have often seen the goats do .And while they are doing this
they don't look at us even if we talk to them , they keep looking heavenward .
So the little goat kept crying and crying and looking up expectantly.
Now normally the Lord rains the leaves down right away ,
but this time she just kept crying and nothing was happening.
And the Lord said " Sometimes when nothing seems to be happening , just be patient
and keep waiting expectantly ( because that was what the goat was doing, looking
expectantly , despite the fact that she didn't see anything happening )
"And I'll rain down a bounty on you " The Lord finished . And all of the sudden
all of these leaves came showering down on the ground , all just for the one
little goat , because she was the only one out there . So then she ran around
picking up all the leaves , she left one leaf behind , and another smaller baby
goat ran out in the yard and cried and cried and cried . And the Lord gave her nothing .
And finally she sees the one leaf the first goat missed , and she ran and ate it , and
then went in the barn . "And sometimes when you're crying for something ,
I've already provided it for you . " the Lord finished .
Oh taste and see that the Lord is good !
Psalm 34:8
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much .
James 5:1
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Psalm 147:9
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Psalm 104:21
Goat Stories
I fed the goats at evening feeding , and one of the friendly baby goats ,
(Blackberry) was following me as I fed , and the Lord said , look at her
I looked down at her , the Lord said , she's already been fed
it's not the food she wants from you but a relationship with you
and sure enough , her mouth was full of hay , and she was still running
after me jumping on me , asking to be picked up , and I realized we need
to not concentrate so much on what God is doing for us , and giving to us
but on our relationship with Him . because despite the fact Blackberry
had provision , she was still chasing after me .
Sheep and Goat Stories
We try to keep our sheep and goats separate by using bio security methods
between the pens , but the baby sheep kept going up to the goats and touching
heads through the fence , and the goats escaped and ended up in the sheep's
graze area , they kept getting in together and contaminating the sheep.
I said Lord ! , and he said , that's why I wait until the end to separate the sheep
and the goats , because they're just going to get in together , and even minute
contact can contaminate you , the Lord said , I try to keep you from being
contaminated by the world , but you still do get contaminated , and that is
why I need you in my Word to be cleansed .
Sheep and Goat Stories
The Lord had told me to hand feed the baby goats their grain ,
normally I'd give them a little , then put down the pan so they could eat the rest.
So I hand fed them , and the Lord said , you see how after a minute , they are no longer
looking for where their provision is looking for (ie the pan ) but only at your hand ?
And I noted , that my sister and I had been looking everywhere for the
source of our provision , at egg sales , for customers at the top of the hill ,
at ebay , at our parents , and not at the Lord's hand . Then the Lord said
Now look at that little goat , and I looked at Sugar , who was ignoring my hand ;
looking in the sky , and on the ground , and everywhere but at my hand .
The Lord said , do you see how in trying to look for where it's coming from
to find it herself , she ends up getting nothing ? Or getting what isn't the best.
because she was eating the crumbs that fell on the ground . We too must , instead
of seeking our own way , seek and find God's way , and look to his hand , for
what he will give us , for what he wants us to have .
Sheep & Goat Stories
We had been having a rough time financially , wondering why it all has to
be so hard , and having a general fit of depression about all of our troubles
So today it was raining hard , windy etc. and I started out in Brat and the
Ram's pen . Before I got in there the Lord said , don't spray anything out
today with the hose . So I started raking in there , and the water had
combined with the manure to create a sort of sewage swill.
I said , I'm sorry Lord , I have to spray this out , I can't leave this like this
I can't leave them in this filth . And the Lord said , it's for your convenience.
and I said well if that's the case then I really have to clean it , The Lord said ,
exactly , I can't leave you in your filth either. In Job , it says , When I have been tried
I will come forth as pure as silver , so the reason then for the trial is to purify us , and
while it inconvenient to be tried so , he also can't leave us in our filth.
Sheep & Goat Stories
The Lord told me to use the remaining money from the sale of a sheep
for goat grain , I had wanted it for improvements on the sheep barn
as I was taking the grain to the goat grain and complaining
He said , you should do that more happily . I said , yes , but it's hard.
The Lord said ,if you have it in your ability to do , you need to do it.
I said , but you have it in your ability to do things for us , but you don't
always do it. The Lord said , you teach the goats not to trust you
when you don't have their grain . And I said , exactly , don't
you teach us not to trust you ? The Lord said , no , I teach you
to trust me anyway .
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and
my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psalm 91 :2
Sheep and Goat Stories
I was worried about provision for the goats , and fretting about it
as I took out the excess vegetables too far gone to be used as snacks for the sheep
and as I was composting it in the woods , and the Lord said , go and look at
the biggest tree you have here ( which was a very large spruce we call Big Tree)
First I said , I don't want to walk all the way over there , and he said , go over to Big Tree,
so I went , and He said , look at that tree , that tree here was here since
Lewis and Clark were here ( spruce live 700-800 years ) and through the years
anything could have happened to that tree to take it out , when it was a sapling
the deer could have eaten it right down , and it's been through a lot of storms
but I provided for it , protected it , for all of these years , and in the same way ,
I can protect you , provide for you .
Sheep and Goat Stories
I was feeding the sheep some second rate carrots , and the goats some good quality
peels off of the first rate carrots ,
and I thought , why don't i give the sheep the best of everything ?
and the Lord said , the goats are "too good " for such things ,
ie. goats are picky and ungrateful. as a sheep , you gratefully receive
even the most imperfect of things ,
nothing is to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving . 1 Tim 4:4
Sheep and Goat Stories
Realizing that God had asked us to do this raising of sheep and goats ,
In the mornings I began to grow anxious to do the work that was
given me to do in caring for them , and I found myself hurrying through
my bible study and prayers again , and immediately the Lord reminded me
again , don't get so caught up in the work itself that you leave Me behind
you can labor "for Christ" and end up leaving Christ behind and out of
it even in ministry .
Farm Stories
Farm Stories
I looked down at my leather work glove , and I saw there was
another hole in it . The Lord said , do you see that ? What doesn't
bend will break , the glove had gotten dry and brittle from having
been used and worn so much in all kinds of weather . When the leather
gets like that , unwilling to bend , it breaks . We must be willing to
bend to the Lord's will , to be used for his work , or else he will
break us for his work , he has to for us to be of a use and value to him
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench,
till he send forth judgment unto victory. Matthew 12:20
Farm Stories
The other day , I was thinking , as I
Have been thinking, the farm chores
Were taking me too long , and I was spending
Too much time on it . And the Lord said ,
Does it matter how much time it takes if I
Told you to do it ? Then I realized , that it doesn’t
Matter how long it takes ,( that we have to stay here
On earth doing the Lord’s work if he told us to
Do it ) occupy til I come ,
Farm Stories
During a time when people in this country were experiencing fear
and anxiety , and people in our own community were included in this
number , We put up a sign out in the front lawn that said Trust in God .
To remind people of their need for the Lord and the fact that he is
There for them , that they can trust him they don't need to be fearful.
When the fearful time began to wane , we decided to leave the sign up but we
Moved it back to hang it on the cross we have on the front lawn which we left up years
ago after we put it up for Easter . So it ended up hanging too low
On the cross because that's where the nail was . And this has led to it becoming
a maintenance job for me here on our little farm . I go and stomp down the grass
And weeds and try to lift it up higher from time to time , the sign says trust in God
So every time I am down there maintaining it , the Lord will say to me "Do you trust me ?
You need to trust me . " This has become our thing , he and I . So one day I went down
and I noticed the grass and weeds are right back up obscuring the sign again .
And I said to myself , why don't I just hang it around the neck of the cross ?
So after the adjustments , I looked at it happily m it was so much better .
Then the Lord said to me "That's what I want you to do , get your trust in me out
Of the weeds . You need to trust me. With our country in the brink if recession
Things are getting stressful . I need the Lord , and I need to trust him every day !
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. Mark 4 :19
Sheep Stories
Sheep Stories
Sheep stories
I was asking the Lord why the sheep were
so dirty , because they were stomping around
in the mud , and making it a mud pit outside
while the goats don't do that , they stay in when
it's raining , and don't make mud . The Lord said
it's not that they're dirty , it's that they're willing
to go out in all conditions of weather , and to suffer
hardship in my work and to go out into the elements
to do it . It's endurance in adversity .( the Lord noted to
me that more Christians died in the black death
than anyone else , getting their hands dirty , trying to help)
And the Lord mentioned , that the sheep only go out in the
wet yard , and the mud gets made while they're waiting for
you , calling for you , haven't you made mud where you are
at too ? calling for me , waiting for me ?
( example the Lord gave me was the persecution we have
endured in our own lives because we are Christians )
Sheep Stories
I was thinking about predestination , and the Lord explained it to
me very simply like this ; using our sheep as an example ,
He told me , they were always sheep , but they weren't always
our sheep.
Sheep Stories
I had put out the ram to graze , and he couldn't see the ewes
from where he was ,so he was running along the fence and pacing
running over the nice grass i had put him on , and ruining it .
The Lord said do you see that ? Do you see how he is acting ?
How he panics , only seeing what is bad in the circumstance .
And he passes over what is of a benefit to him , what is sweet
and lovely here . Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Phillipians 4:8
Sheep Stories
The Lord had told me not to take the sheep in from grazing
until I had finished cleaning the ram pen . A ewe that had been
wandering loose , had went to the barn to eat , and her sister ,
who was tied , started going insane crying and flying around on the
end of the lead because her sister was out of her sight.
I went almost all the way up to her , deciding to let her go back to the
barn too , when the Lord reminded me of what he had said ,
not to let them in yet . The Lord said then when I withdrew my hand
Why is she doing that ? I said , because her sister went in without her.
He said , why won't you let her go ? I answered , because you told
me not yet . And the Lord said , exactly , the Father has told me not yet also.
The timing of the rapture is in God the Father's hand , and he has to
leave us out grazing just a little while longer .
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels
which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Mark 13:32
Sheep Stories
We were almost out of grain , and the Lord told me to give grain to
the ram and his goat friend , I looked at the grain bin , and I said no , we don't even have
enough for the ewes , and He said, give it to them , they need it today .
and I said fine , and grudgingly took them some , I put it in the first dish , and they fought over
it and dumped it . and I hurried and put the rest in the other dish , and they dumped that too.
and I said , Lord ! they're wasting the provision you gave them , and he said ,
it wasn't about the provision , it was about something else . I immediately
thought about how people "waste" money and how I don't actually know that
it's a waste , and who am I to say how it ought to be spent ?
Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days . Ecclesiastes 11:1
Sheep Stories
The Lord showed me that I don't always have to let the sheep bully me
into doing things for them , that I am their shepherd , and I need to do what's
best for them no matter what they want , because their desires change constantly
and like them , we can never be made content , so we must necessarily leave what's
best to God's knowledge .
Sheep Stories
I was trying to lead Israel around the sheep pen , he was on the outside , I was on the inside
and I didn't want to walk through the overgrown knotweed , it was high , thick and wet .
So I thought I would jsut lead him around the fence by his leash . He ignored me and wouldn't lead , as I was leading from high up , the leash was over the fence . And the Lord said , It is impossible to lead from above , thats why Jesus came , that's why he's coming again
You can drive a sheep from above , but sheep are led , not driven .
Sheep Stories
I was milking one of the sheep , and she was not cooperating , and I went to touch her ear
as discipline , and when she moved , the stanschion bar , which was not properly attached ,
swung far to the side and busted me in the lip , giving me a fat lip , and almost a broken tooth .
I milked the uncooperative ewe a little bit more , to show her she must be milked , and would not get away with misbehaviour . As I put the sheep out to graze , I struggled to see the lesson.
I was noting the fat lip was my war wound with the sheep , and the Lord interrupted my interpretation , and corrected , you are not at war with the sheep . I thought of the scripture
how there is no more enmity between God and us because of Christ when we are saved .
And I remembered how judgment , true judgment , and wrath is not for the sheep , ie Christians, but for those who are against God . I recalled in the wilderness , God recognized that the Israelites were just ignorant , and he repented to destroy them ,because sin was in their nature , and to go astray was their disease . With the sheep , it's even worse , she's just an animal , she doesn't understand , she just wants what she wants . I thought of how Paul says if Christ forgave us , how much more should we forgive each other , recognizing that unlike Christ , we are subject to the same stupid behaviors as one another , who are we to withhold forgiveness , when we are just as bad ? Who are we to be impatient and angry when we are just as bad ? When Christ who is perfect forgave us , and was able to forgive the Israelites , because they were only human . So God is infinitely patient with us , because we are nearly just as lacking in understanding as the sheep are , and He is no longer at war with us , once we are the sheep of his pasture and submit to his will. be ye reconciled to God so he isn't at war with you anymore .
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace ,And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Ephesians 2:15-16
Sheep Stories
I was milking Annie , and she had run out of grain , but I had to finish
milking her anyway . This taught her that she has to obey ( stand still , not resist while being milked ) , even without a reward. In the same way , we have to learn to obey
even when we don't see a reward.
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Sheep Stories
The sheep were crying to be fed early , and I fed them.
The goats were crying too , and I didn't feed them .
and the Lord asked why I heeded the sheep's cry
and not the goats . and I said , because they aren't my responsibility
they are my sister's . Exactly , he answered , when I went into the
house having left them unfed , the Lord told me that the goats
need to be left in an uncomfortable position until they will cry
out to the right person ie, they cry out to the rocks to fall on them ,
even to God , but until they cry out , not just in need , but also in repentance
they aren't my responsibility .
Sheep Stories
I tied one of the rams (Israel) out to graze beside them pen , and he cried and cried
even while eating mouthfuls of grass , he continued to cry , and he was making the
lambs cry because they heard him . And the Lord told me , you see , complaining
becomes habitual if you do it enough , and even when you have what you said you wanted
the complaining continues , but you can control it. Just as the Israelites could in the wilderness
as one complainer led to more . You have to change the habit . Being angry is also a habit
that's why the scripture tells you not to let the sun go down on your wrath , because it
becomes a habit that's hard to break , you need to form new habits
Sheep Stories
I was taking the ram lamb home from grazing , having already taken the ewes
and he was anxious to get there to see them and started running. For a moment
I was running with him , then something told me to let go of the leash
I thought it may be that I would get hurt , so I let go , and he ran way ahead of me
then suddenly stopped on a dime , wheeled around and looked up at me
in my face , as if to say , do you know where I'm supposed to go from here ?
and he waited then for me to get closer , then walked away in the direction
of his door , when I got there and he did , the door was closed . His leash
was still on , and he had to wait for me to come and prepare him to enter
in and then open the door anyway , so often we run ahead of the Lord
then having gotten out ahead , realize we don't know where we're going .
and then find doors that would have been opened in his timing ,
are closed . and that we weren't prepared to enter in even if they had been open
how much better than to run through life at a panicked speed , to a destination
we don't know , would it be to go on a leisurely walk with Him , getting
mouthfuls of fine green grass on the way to where he's leading us . and trusting
him that we will get there eventually , and everything will be fine when we do
being patient unto the reward ( , waiting for him to prepare us for the open
doors that lie ahead , but the one thing the ram lamb did do right , when he
reached the door and found it closed , he was content to stand and graze and
wait for me to prepare him and to open it , trusting it that I would.
Sheep Stories
One morning , I was happy to get to the work the Lord
had asked me to do , which was to care for his sheep
I was going to hurry through my morning prayers and
bible reading . The Lord warned me not to lose focus
on the point of the whole thing , which was to learn
about him , not to get caught up in the physical work of
it and miss the spiritual meaning .
He had told me two sheepisms already , and as I was
finishing cleaning in the sheep barn , he told me to go and
write down what he had told me , and I said , shouldn't I finish up
here first ? shouldn't I finish feeding the sheep first ?
and He said , don't lose focus on what matters , and on the point
of it , go and write it before you forget it , feeding can wait .
Sheep stories
After feeding the animals I walked by the pens,
No one even stirred , and the Lord said ,
See how they barely even notice you ?
Or pay any attention to you ? When they don’t
Want something ?? That’s like you .
And on my way back , I was noting how silent
Even Annie was (our loud mouth ewe) and the Lord
Said , see how they don’t even speak to you ?
When they don’t want something ? Just as we often
Don’t speak to Him when we don’t want something .
And then , beyond where the sheep could no longer see me ,
Annie baaa’d to me , speaking to me only as an afterthought
Just as we often do to the Lord
Sheep Stories
I was taking stock of my life , and I told the Lord
I want to do more for others , and he said ,
You’re not ready yet , but he put me to practice
One of our ewes had just lambed , this was the
Pregnant ewe the Lord had told me to feel the
Lamb kicking in her belly , he told me this is a black lamb for you to keep
There was a white lamb and a black lamb , and a smaller
Underformed lamb that did not live
I was getting ready to clean up our black lamb’s pooey bum ,
as first poos often get stuck. And I saw her twin Moriah , who
the Lord. had told me we were not to
Keep because he had other plans for her , also needed cleaning
and I was going to just leave it thinking the mama would take care
Of it , and the Lord said just because it isn’t yours to keep
Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take care of it
In the same way , doing for others without a benefit to oneself
So I cleaned Moriah up first , and later in the same day
I had to pick Brat the goat’s nose for him , in further practice
To do the unlovely .
Sheep stories
I took Jordan , (our promised black lamb) out,
With her grandma and her older sister Zion
To graze without a leash . I had to keep calling her
As we went , and looking back at her so she could
See my face in order for her to follow. When it
Was time to come back in from grazing , I realized
I couldn’t catch her so I started walking away quickly
Ie. bolting , and turning back to her and calling her .
She left her family and ran after me , and she would pause
And I would have to show. Her my face and look back at her
In order for her to continue to follow . Once she got too
far behind to recognize me (looking at the goats and the world )
And I had to return for her . As soon as she saw my face and heard my
Voice , she followed again . Like us with the Lord
Sheep Stories
This morning as I was thinking about the shepherds ,
and how they would lay down their lives for. The sheep ,
And why they would do that ( I suppose because they are their
Livelihood David spoke of fending off a lion and then a bear .)
The Lord asked me , would I die for the sheep and I thought about it
If something was attacking them , would I try to save them ?
I considered how my sister and I braved the rain and hail storm yesterday
To go fetch them back from grazing ,even though they didn’t see why
They had to come in , and complained about it , until they saw the
Bad weather would continue . And so I answered the Lord yes ,
I would die for the sheep , and the Lord asked ,why ?
I said , because they’re my sheep , and they’re your sheep Lord .
…Our sheep , because they’re my responsibility ,
Because you gave them to me , and I don’t want to lose
Even one. Then I understood , that is why He died for us
Because we were his. Sheep , God’s sheep , And God gave us
To him , and He didn’t want to lose even one.
Sheep Stories
I was complaining that we needed hay , and that I had cleaned out the barn in
preparation for it , but it had still not come. The Lord said, you need to clean the
barn out more , and I looked , and sure enough , the barn was really still a mess.
I raked up two garbage cans of old hay , and then I realized that wasn't the barn he
meant . My barn , my personal barn , needs to be clean , ie , those things in my life
that I know are wrong that need to go. And also , my barn needs to be empty ,
and devoid of any self effort , anything I think I bring to the table before God
can work.
Sheep Stories
I was cleaning in the sheep barn when the Lord suddenly
said, they're your sheep now I know you will do what's best
for them , and I being puzzled as to why he was giving them to me now
and also a little afraid of what it may mean , I asked , what does that mean ?
Not that you won't help us anymore with them , with advice and provision ?
The Lord answered ... No it has nothing to do with that , it just means , do
for them what you know they need ; Like putting in an extra feeder when you
know they need it . Do what is best for them , like I do what is best for you .
And I realized then , that all of this time we had been taking care of them
and they had been the Lord's sheep , we counted he had been boarding them here,
We had been hirelings , and now we were shepherds , prepared to do what was
best for them , just because it was best for them , to guide , to protect , to
provide , just as the Lord provides for us , protects us , guides us .
He had trusted us with a little , and now he was trusting us with an even
greater responsibility. I realized the reason he was physically giving them to us now
was because when something belongs to you , then you take a better care for it , than
if it belongs to someone else.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:11-15
Sheep Stories
I noticed after the Lord gave us the sheep , that the sheep stories that the
Lord was giving us , seemed to slow to a crawl . They became very casual ,
less elaborate , and then very nearly stopped . I observed it that it was as
it was with Christ and the parables he spoke to the people , he explained to
the disciples , that it was the only way they would understand , while he
could speak frankly and directly with the disciples himself. I realized we had
graduated in a way , to no longer needing to be shown everything all of the
time, or have everything illustrated to us all of the time , but could now
merely be told , as a level of maturity , not that God wasn't talking , just
not in that way .
Sheep Stories
I was noting that the sheep who Interacted with me
ie. Stayed close to me , were the ones who got
Special treatment , treats , pets , attention , etc.
And the Lord said , that’s the only way I
Can treat you to special things , if you are
Close with me , wanting to interact .
Sheep Stories
We kept running out of sheep grain , because
We were out of goat grain , and we kept feeding
The sheep grain to the goats . Then we ran out of
Alfalfa , and I said Lord , they are your sheep , why do
You let them suffer ? I understand letting the goats feel need
But why not provide for the sheep without Interruption ?
And he answered and said , what kind of. person do you
Think you’d be if I never let you go through anything ?
Not a very good one I answered , you’d never learn
Compassion , and if I provided without Interruption…
“ then I’d follow just for the provision, just as the people did
With Christ” I finished .
Sheep stories
I was putting the ram away , and he balked at the gate
then suddenly broke away and ran off, he went all around the
whole pen , happily kicking up his heels and all .
And then came into the pen to eat his alfalfa .
Having wanted to do it his way , he didn't realize it took
longer to get to the reward . Just as we , wanting to go
our own way , end up taking longer to get to our reward
Sheep Stories
I was going out to grain the sheep , and I had to get their grain bucket
filled at the main barn first . I went in and got the sheep's empty grain bucket
and I left the sheep's barn door open on my way out so that they would know
I would be coming right back , because they know that's what an open door means.
They waited patiently until I got just past the barn , then Annie decided I must
not be coming and started calling me , I spoke to her and she quieted
another few seconds and she decided I wasn't coming and called to me again.
This is just as we do , when we get upset about the state of the world ,
and are waiting for the Lord's return
SHEEP STORIES
I was cleaning up the yard raking
everything into a pile, and the baby sheep
wouldn’t leave me alone, she kept trampling
my pile “I can’t clean up your mess if you
don’t get out of my way.” “Exactly” the
Lord answered. By trying to do our lives ourselves
by trying to fix our own problems, by trying to
“help”, We only get in God’s way, He can’t work
when we’re working, nothing spiritual can happen
when we are in the natural trying to do it ourselves,
if it did then we would think we had done it
SHEEP STORIES
One day while putting some
additional work into the new
sheep pen , Dad found himself
with the task of trying to keep
an eye on Ramsey at the same
time he was working, this was not
an easy task, because he was a
sneaky little thing, he was curious
about what Dad was doing, he
wanted to know what was going
on here and how it pertained to
him... we still didnt know these
sheep very well, but we did know
that they were still very afraid of us.
I was just walking by when I saw
Dad squatted down inside the pen
with his back turned and not
watching... it only took that one
moment and Ramsey took the
opportunity... WHAM!! Dad said
later that it felt like a semi truck hit
him right in his hip. He got out of
there, and he was in some pain
after the incident. He was sore for
a few days ... one thing was for
sure... he was the first to be
rammed, but he would not be the
last. it wasnt bad enough to go to
the hospital, but it hurt.. Dad told
us later that he asked the question
of the Lord " why did you ram me
Lord?" the Lord's response was
pretty straightforward
" I want you to listen to me when I
tell you something" He knew he
should not have gone in there, and he
knew he should not have turned his
back, he thought he could watch
closely enough.
SHEEP STORIES
We began to notice it that even
being and extremely strong
creature, and so very noble
looking ... Ramsey had a certain
weakness where his little family
was concerned. He was
insecure , He was terrified to
lose them, to be without them
even for a minute. His ewes were
very important to him, he had to
be able to see them at all times or
he would just lose it, he would cry
this throaty panicked cry and he
would run as fast as he could back
and forth. We had to put Annie on
the stansion to check her out
because she was pregnant make
sure that everything seemed allright,
and when we took her out to do this,
Ramsey completely came unglued.
We had left the younger ewe Lil Bit
in with him, but this did not dissuade
his panic one iota... in fact, it became
clear very quickly that it wasnt safe
for her in there alone with him
while her mother was gone. We
brought her outside and tied her
near Annie, and we had no choice
on Ramsey, we just had to let him
rage against the world while we
looked Annie over and cleaned her
up, trimmed her hooves etc. Sumer
spoke to the Lord about this odd
behavior ... how strange that he
would react this way to being away
from Annie , and the Lord told her
that Ramsey has never had a
shepherd... and having not had a
shepherd, he has no protector,
no comforter , he looks to Annie for
his comfort . The comparison then
is that if a person does not look to
the Lord for comfort, you will look
somewhere else... In this world
people look to many places for
comfort and fulfillment other than
to God,and my conclusion to
this was that if you are looking
to uncertain sources for your
comfort, and your strength, you're
going to act like Ramsey when that
tangible source is taken away.
SHEEP STORIES
The sheep were crying because
I hadn't fed them yet and had to
get more alfalfa from the other
barn ." Don't they know
I won't leave them without resource?"
I thought and the Lord shot back
"Dont you know the same ? And yet
you doubt me... and they are only
dumb brutes." " It takes time for
them to learn the routine," I thought
"and even then, they only believe
what they see. Because they
don't have God's word to lean
on , how much better off are we
and still we doubt .
SHEEP STORIES
The Lord told me suddenly
when I was feeding the animals
that I had fed in the wrong order
having fed the goats first, he told me
to put the sheep grain in the bucket
before the goat grain. He said" Do
you know why I ask you to put
the sheep first?Because I do. "
SHEEP STORIES
Zion wouldn't stay with me in the
goat yard and the goats kept
trying to beat her up . I said to
her" I can't protect you if you don't
stay with me. "And the Lord said ,
"Isn't that just how you are ?
when you try to solve your own
problems, when you go your
own way, I can't protect you
when you are away from Me."
SHEEP STORIES
I was taking Little Bit and Annie
out to graze, and Lil bit started
pulling back against me refusing
to budge, because she wanted
to graze in the yard that we had
almost passed by. I lost my temper,
and Latresha came back and got
her and was going to take her to
graze for me, and I said " No, take
her back to the barn she doesn't get
to graze." And the Lord revealed that
is the way it is with us we can't just
decide where and when to "graze "
because we don't know what is
best for us. So if it's the Lord will, we
shall live , and do this or that
James 4:15 , because He knows
where it's best for us to "graze", and if
we refuse, and go our own way, we
don't get to "graze" at all, ie he can't
bless us out from under his
covering. We don't understand and
he can't explain it to us , if he told
us part of what he's going to do
and part of his plan, we'd want to
know why and wouldn't be happy
until the whole plan was unfolded
before us. The sheep like us, want
to know what is going to happen
before it does. and as I couldnt
explain it to Lil Bit, that she had
grazed there too often, and needed
to have a better graze spot, and
needed to save that one close to
the barn for bad weather, so God
cannot explain it all to us because
his thoughts are higher than our
thoughts. So we as Annie, should
trust that the shepherd knows best
and trust Him to decide where to put
"her" , unlike Lil Bit who when you
take her out , is always turning to
look at this spot or that, as to say
are we stopping there ? Why aren't
we stopping there? And Annie just
lets me lead her and seems not to
care, trusting she'll be happy
wherever I put her. God cares
about what we do, where we go ,
and how we do it all.
Sheep Stories
I was leading Ramses to the barn , and I had to let Ezra go . Thinking Ramses would
follow , I let him go because I didn't feel equal to wrestling him in , I released
him from his graze line , and he went three steps , stopped , tipped his head
to the left , backed up three steps ,and handed me his horn . Because suddenly he
was unsure of himself and wanted me to lead him . Sometimes the Lord lets us go
ahead of him , so that we will realize we don't know where we are going , and we too
have to back up a step or two , wait on the Lord , and submit ourselves to be led .
There is a great comfort in that , as Ramses knew , when you are uncertain , God is
certain , when you don't know what to do , he does .
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6
SHEEP STORIES
I was leading Ramses to the
barn by his horn,and as I didn't
feel equal to wrestling him in
from the pasture, I let him go.
He went three steps,stopped,
tipped his head to the left,
backed up three steps, handed
me his horn, because suddenly
he was unsure of himself,
and wanted me to lead him.
Sometimes the Lord lets us
go ahead of Him so that we
will realize we don't know
where we are going,and we too
have to back up a step or two,
wait on the Lord, and submit
ourselves to be led. There is
great comfort in that, as Ramses
knew, when you are uncertain,
God is certain, when you don't
know what to do,He does.
SHEEP STORIES
I was spraying out the floor of
the barn with the hose and it
was raining out, the sheep are
afraid of the water hose,and don't
want to be sprayed by it,but
also don't like to go out in the
rain,so they figured out to come
and stand behind me while I'm
spraying, that behind me is the
only safe place to be,so that
Little Bit came to be standing
so close that she was touching
me as she sought protection
behind me, from me, despite the
fact that I was the one doing the
very thing that scared them.
When the Lord is doing some-
thing to our necessity, like
cleaning up the messes in
our life, while it may make us
unsure, and even afraid as He
does what is necessary to our
holiness, we too need to stand
behind him closely while He works,
because it is the only safe place
for us to be.
SHEEP STORIES
Israel and the ewes had closed
themselves in the small adjoining
room,having broken open the door,
and they were calling to me to let
them out, but I was busy in the
hen house and had already realized
it was to my advantage to leave
them closed in while I cleaned up
the mess in the main barn, rather
than kicking them out in the rain
where they could truely get hurt by
getting wet and catching pneumonia.
They called me and called me, not
understanding why I didn't come
and get them out of the trouble they
had gotten into,but I understood it
would serve a greater purpose to
leave them there while I worked.
In the same way God leaves us
in uncomfortable and tight situations
while He works, not willing to put us
in real danger, but enough trouble
that he can get done cleaning up the
messes in our lives.But when I did
not come when they thought I should,
Israel,trying to fix his own problems
started ramming the gate repeatedly
little realizing his own efforts would
do no good, and that he would just
have to be patient while I worked,
just as we must do with the Lord.
SHEEP STORIES
I was in the barn finishing things up
before I fed the sheep, and Annie
started jumping against the gate
trying to see the alfalfa hay, and
trying to get to it. I'm in the pen
with her and I'm the only one who
can get the feed for her but Annie is
not looking at me, she's looking at
the feed. Often times we do the
same, the Lord is right there with us,
but sooner than to look to Him as
our provider of all things, we look
to the provision with longing, little
knowing it can only be given at
the Lords behest.
SHEEP STORIES
Israel was very upset because he
was put out to graze alone, without
any other sheep,knowing I would
be nearby the whole time . so he
was pacing the whole time on the
end of the graze line until he was
all tangled up. As soon as I came
to get him, he stopped pacing, let
me get the lead rope but wouldn't
be still so that I could untangle it.
He started tossing his head around,
so I unfastened his collar, because
the graze line was tangled around
his middle and caught in his wool,
as soon as he thought he was free,
he started to take off as if he would
go to the barn. As to say "I can do
it myself" Seeing quickly that he
wasn't quite free, he came back to
me."Can you help me?" So I
untangled him and he jerks free,
goes running off as to say "I can
do it myself." Quickly he realizes
he doesn't know where the door to
the barn is, so he takes a few steps
back to me, "Can you help me?" He
gives me his horn then to lead him
by, and I led him most of the way
back to the pen,enough so he can
remember the way, and for a final
time he jerks away from me. "I can
do it myself" He seems to refrain
again, as he heads to the pen. A
ram is a willful,stubborn, and often
irrational creature, who, like us likes
to go his own way, is prideful, doing
for himself, and does not learn easily
to trust.But all goes much more
smoothly when we learn to trust our
Shepherd,to wait on him to fix our
problems, be patient while He does,
try not to rush ahead of Him and try
to do it all ourselves, only to realize
we can't, and have to return to Him
for help anyway.
Sheep stories
The Lord told me to clean and
feed the sheep earlier in the a.m.
that this was what was best for
them.I told him that the sheep
won’t like it,they will complain later
when their normal time comes that
they would be fed.Because sheep
need routine and hate it when their
routine is altered.The Lord said
“They may not like it but what they
like and what’s best for them are two
different things. Then I asked, what
about the ram? Do I have to clean
and feed him early too? The Lord
answered “No the ewes only .”
I said what is the difference, the
ram is a sheep too.The Lord answered
“I don’t treat all my sheep exactly the
same.” “Isn’t that favoritism?” I asked
“No they just need different things.”
Sheep stories
I skipped letting the sheep as I
normally would in the morning,
letting them wait til last,because I had
7 lbs of apples for them, and wanted them
to enjoy them in the barn. In the same wise
God is never late when acting on our part.
The Lord lets us wait past what we think
is “time” because he has
something good he wants to give us.
Sheep stories
We had just learned about a “cast” sheep
When one of our sheep became cast for the first time.
which is a sheep which gets on its back
usually a dip or divot and can’t get up
again by itself, they don’t have the muscles
on their back that enable them to get up on
their own and the shepherd has to get them out of it.
Sheep like to dig a pit to sit in, I finally figured out
it was them digging the pits in the pens, and that
is how they get “cast” is by digging a hole, of their
own making and they can’t get out again
without the shepherds help.
In the same way, we dig a pit of trouble and we
get in it and we can’t get out of it again and
have to wait for the Lord to get us out.
Why art thou cast down o my soul?
and why art thou disquieted in me?
Hope thou in God
Psalm 42:5
SHEEP STORIES
Latresha was giving the sheep and goats
their twice annual wormer orally
when she discovered something
we did not know,sheep do not
have to open their mouths,they
can keep their mouths shut.
We as Christians are also capable
of doing the same, keeping ourselves
from saying imprudent things.
Set a watch, O Lord, before my
mouth; keep the door of my lips.
psalm 141:3
Sheep stories
The Lord kept telling me not to leave
The sheep in their milk stanchion eating
their grain, when I know they’re done
He had told me that repeatedly , and then
He told me why ; “I don’t leave you in an
uncomfortable position any longer than you
have to be there “. ie in financial ,physical ,
emotional , spiritual discomfort . If we’re there
We need to be there ,and the minute we don’t need
To be there , He gets us out .
Sheep stories
I was getting the sheep some grain from the goat barn,
The goats didn’t have their special order grain yet ,
The Lord showed me yesterday how the goats are
Being fed by the sheep , they wouldn’t have any food
If we didn’t have the sheep , as. they are eating sheep food
While we transition to special order goat grain , True of
Spiritual sheep and goats also . We were supposed to get
Goat grain in today , and I was going to put the rest of the sheep grain
In the sheep bucket , and the Lord told me to wait , so I left the
bucket there, later I was filling it for the next morning and I
Realized the sheep only have food for today , I was preparing it
Only day by day , with no hay storage in their barn either ,
So day by day ,, in fact hour by hour , they only have as much as
they need , the same as us , so God can show He is the source
Of the manna .