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"For many predators a herders’ dogs are the biggest challenge." And this is where I get my encouragement. Yes, Jesus is the good shepherd. I am his under shepherd but also I am a sheep dog. Every time someone approached my house front door my beagle howls. She howls but also in her love ...

Day 20 Gatekeepers 7 Therefore Jesus said again, "Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find ...

3. Day 19 the other lion 44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan's thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what shepherd can stand against me?" 45 Therefore, hear w...

Pg 123 " the instinct to avoid confrontation is understandable, especially in the darkness of a desert night. However, the results of self-protective passivity are catastrophic. Jesus said "when the wolf attack the flock and scatters it.� john 10:12. chaos compounds itself in the darknes...

pg 117 "the watchful eye is not only taking stock of detailed information. Shepherds sometimes stand at a distance to see the 'big picture.' they may be intuiting the mood of the flock or reconsidering a major move in light of what they see. This kind of sight is a matter of perception, insight...

The wilderness being a source of nourishment yet a "hub of hazards" was a revelation for me. The hazards I understood and expected. The nourishment not so much because when it comes to wilderness I see myself out on my own. but I am not. "Isolation spells ruin...a flock cannot be left...