p.101 One formerly lost sheep diligently pursuing another because he knew something about straying sheep: they need to be pursued.
God's call to shepherds:
p.105 It's also a troubling passage Who can consistently love this way? Weak, sick, and straying people are not nice to be around. They refuse to help themselves. They misread your motives, they resist your attempts to help, and they run away. Who can keep giving them the kind of help they need? You can't and I can't.
God shepherds you first:
p.106 He did. As you continue reading the passage, you realize that no human shepherd can ever provide what God longs for his people to experience. but he cares too much for his people to leave them without a shepherd so he planned to become the supreme shepherd who was and is exactly what his people need.
p..108 You will fail as an under-shepherd. But when you fail, remember that you have a shepherd too. He pursues you so you can again take the responsibility he calls you to. And when you have experienced his shepherding, you become more like the kind of shepherd he is. You seek out those who are straying in order to bring them back.
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