Morning Thought Thursday January 18th
Buna ziua or Good day in Romanian.
As we were driving around in Romania distributing aid with Mustard Seed
Jersey last month we saw flocks of sheep and shepherds on a number of
occasions. I suppose because we don’t see shepherds with large flocks of sheep
in Jersey it was of interest to us. We learnt that the shepherd usually stays
with the sheep all the time. At night the sheep and shepherd will stay in a
shelter.
We saw a few much smaller flocks of sheep in fields close to houses
without a shepherd with them all the time.
One afternoon when we got back to where we were staying, we realised
there was a problem and concern among our Romanian guides. It turned out that
guard dog where we were staying (I would have to say she is a lovely dog) had
got out while we were away. Sadly she went down the road to another property and killed one of the sheep that was unattended in
a field, with no shepherd to look after it.
With my Christian background I guess it was inevitable that it would
remind me of what our Lord said how He is the Good Shepherd who looks after his
sheep. And by his sheep He means Christians who follow Him. Jesus talked of how
the good shepherd is committed to care for the sheep, and how he protects the
sheep in his flock.
In our time in Romania we saw shepherds who were with their flocks of
sheep all the time to protect them. The sheep the dog killed was not in a flock
protected by a shepherd.
Each day we all face potential dangers and I personally thank God for
His protection many times.
I wish you a safe day - a good day. Buna Ziua.