The shepherd can walk right through a sleeping flock without disturbing a single one of them, while a stranger can not step foot in the fold without causing pandemonium. Sheep seem to consider their shepherds part of the family, and the relationship that grows up between the two is quite exclusive. They develop a language of their own that outsiders are not privy to. A good shepherd learns to distinguish a bleat of pain from one of pleasure, while the sheep learn that a cluck of the tongue means good, or a two-note song means that it is time to go home. Well, . . .
Sheep require a shepherd . . . . . .
And, . . . Today s Scripture has a number of critics confronting Jesus, attempting to entrap Him. But others have looked at Jesus and have found in him a charlatan or a madman, a blasphemer or an imposter. Maybe even Jesus doesn t know. He doesn t get into a great deal of speculation on the difficulties of belief, or the causes of disbelief.