Bring the Lambs
I was pouring water into a trough just over the fence in a neighbour's
paddock. Drought had taken away the water supply for his sheep but we have an
underground flow and could keep the trough full.
Further down the hill, among the rocks, his sheep heard the water being hosed
into the trough. They lifted their heads and slowly turned towards it. On wobbly
legs behind them, two sheep had a young lamb and the lambs followed their
mothers closely.
Up the hill they came, following narrow, single track made by generations of
sheep before them. They came to the water and the mothers drank deeply. The tiny
lambs were too young to drink water but they stayed close to their mothers and
wherever the mothers went, the lambs were with them.
Afterwards they all lay down together under the shade of the tree where the
grass was kept green by the overflow from the trough. All the sheep benefited
from the water given to the adult sheep and the mothers passed the benefits on
to their lambs indirectly.
Perhaps the Lord saw it all happening down the generations of time. While he was
intent on bringing the mothers to water, he was just as intent on bringing the
lambs with them because he said, 'Like a shepherd he will tend his flock, and
with his arm keep them together, he will carry the lambs in his bosom and lead
the ewes to water' (Isaiah 14:11 NASU)
I am so grateful that my neighbour's sheep remind me of the One who leads us to
the water of eternal life with our lambs.
Elizabeth Price.
You can contact Elizabeth direct at mailto:reprice@dragnet.com.au