Are you shepherding your flock?  As a shepherd, do you not have responsibilites?

We must be fed.  We must have water.  We must be watched and kept safe.  We must be disciplined.

We are hungry and thirsty.  Please feed me until I am full.  Though just to let you know, I am never full.  I could be fed night and day.  I never seem to get enough.  I need more.  I need fed so that I can grow...grow with God.

I am still a little lamb that needs your guidance.  Discipline me in God's word.  I need to know the rules.  If you don't teach me the rules, who will?  I need to know the truth.  Please don't let me stray.  Keep a watchful eye on me.  Isn't it your job?  Isn't it your responsibility?  When you sleep, I wander away.  I feel so lost.  Where are you?  I need your direction.  Please take care of me.  I rely on you.  When you put on your cloak and grab your staff, you are in charge.  Take charge.

I need to trust you.  My life is in your hands.  You could lead me anywhere and I would follow you, for I am just a lamb.  You would never want to hurt me, would you?

Please do your job because my life depends on it.

Sincerely,

Baa Baa

When I first started to get serious about my walk with Jesus, I would read two chapters of my Bible a day.  To read my Bible and really get into it, I have to focus only on it.  That means no television and no noise.  It has to be full dedication.  Well, two chapters became easy but to feed my spirit, I needed more.  I went to two chapters in the morning and two chapters in the evening.  I also was saying my prayers in the morning before work and whenever I felt that I should during my workday.  I began to feel the need to not only pray before I came to bed but to start praising God for what He has done in my life already.

Your spiritual life changes.  I have had many changes.  I just know when it is time to do something different.  I feel inside that I need more and it is time to make the change.

Now I read my Bible at night and watch TBN(Christian TV) before going to work in the morning.  I was trying to do both and getting nothing from it.  How can you listen and read at the same time and grasp what God is trying to give you?  Six months ago, you couldn't make me watch TBN.  Now I watch it every morning.  That half hour is the most peaceful, relaxing time of the day because my spirit is getting fed.

Make the changes that you need to keep God fresh in your life.  If you are not sure what changes need to be made, ask Him.  He will let you know.

My mother took us to church at a young age so I learned who Jesus was very early on.  The thing is that just because you know of Him, doesn't mean that you KNOW Him.  I knew it was the right thing to go to church but didn't understand why.  As I grew older and life began to throw curve balls my way,  I reacted as any other worldly person and tried to fix everything my way.  Unfortunately, we personally cannot fix things and it took me a long time to figure that out.  I was not a slow learner but just very hardheaded.  It was my way or as they say, the highway.  Well, as my life continued to be topsy-turvy, I met Molly.  Ironically, well, I am sure that God had a hand in it, we both came south the same year.  We have stuck together through thick and thin.  We have never been afraid to speak what God has put on our hearts even if it hurt one of us.  We are like peanut butter and jelly.   We just go together.  Sometimes it is creamy peanut butter but sometimes it is super crunchy. 

I have always felt that I was a child of God.  I feel Him in me.  I believe that if you do the right thing, He will bless you in some kind of way.  I have been blesed and I hope that my simple, down to earth letters will bless you...

Loving Jesus more every day,

Susan