My mother had a flock of chickens and she was very kind to them. Mother knew each one individually and would feed them and stroke their feathers gently.
One day mother decided to go to town, so she started on her way. She had gone some distance, when a neighbor called to her and told her to look back. To mother’s surprise, her flock of chickens were following her! Mother had forgotten to lock the gate, so the chickens had followed their friend.
Doesn’t this little story remind us of the Good Shepherd and His sheep? We read in John 10:2727My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (John 10:27) and 28.
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.”
Also in John 10: 4 and 5, “And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him for they know His voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.”
“I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” John 10: 11.
ML 12/29/1946