365 Days of Spirit-Filled Fruits Challenge-Day 253

From what I have heard, sheep are pretty dumb. So what does that say about us? Laughing…. We are pulled astray by things of this world. Satan puts on sheep’s clothing and will lead us away from our Shepherd. I like the word “overseer” as another name for shepherd. An overseer is the one in charge of watching over everything to ensure all are safe and everything is as it should be. Sheep stay safe when they are within their flock. It is the same for us. Stay within the community of believers and listen constantly for the voice of our Shepherd who will lead us on to new pastures and away from evil.

1Peter 2:25  For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

365 Days of Spirit-Filled Fruits Challenge-Day 233

I know I am not the only one that has read something somewhere and read it again sometime and it was like reading it for the first time. I read about that it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. Interesting? I want to know more… so I read the sidebar section in my bible and found that Christian means those that belong to Christ. I felt all at once a sense of comfort, joy and peace. Belonging is something that many of us need. I know it is within my temperament needs to feel accepted and that I belong. We belong to Jesus. He is the shepherd and we are His sheep. I saw a tree and thought it is like we are the leaves. Leaves don’t belong on a fence or a stop sign or in drain pipe. They belong on a tree. Can you come up with your own simile? Belonging to Jesus is like…?

Acts 11:26 The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch