Don’t Look Like a Goat if You are a Sheep

photo 2We have Barbados Blackbelly Sheep on the farm.  They are a breed of hair sheep.  They do not have wool like traditional sheep.  They do look very much like goats.  In fact, most everyone thinks they are goats.  Even a vet kept calling them goats.

We just had a new lamb this week.  We named her Beta.  Isn’t she a cutie?

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It doesn’t bother me that people call my sheep goats.  In fact, I seldom will correct them, if it is just a quick conversation.  But it often does remind me of what Jesus said about sheep and goats.

““When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”  (Matthew 25:31–34)

The lesson I think about is that I don’t want to be mistaken by Jesus as being a goat!  I want to act, look, and be a sheep.  The Lord knows his sheep (John 10).  Sadly, many Christians look more like goats than sheep!  They reflect the world more than Christ.  

My sheep are a reminder, don’t look like a goat, because people will think you are one!  

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