THE 23RD PSALM
The 1611 Fellowship discusses the 23rd Psalm in detail.
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Elijah is a good picture of needing and being restored.
I've heard that when a shepherd has a sheep that tends to keep straying away, the shepherd will brake it's leg and carry that sheep everywhere he goes while the leg mends. That way the sheep is drawn closer to the shepherd who truly loves and cares for it.
From what I've read . . Sheep might be the smartest (depending on your definition) farm animals . . and far less destructive than goats/dogs/cattle . . . https://farmandanimals.com/how-smart-are-sheep/ . . .Donkeys are greatly underrated as well . . the best protectors of sheep and other herd animals . . better than dogs . . https://www.hobbyfarms.com/donkeys-make-great-small-farm-livestock-guardians/ . . so consider our Lord riding into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey
Yes, people have them as pets and they are sharp. Incidentally the "conspiracy theory" side of the Hegelian call the "masses" "sheeples."
People who have a problem being compared to sheep seem to have an overestimation of their own moral and intellectual capacities. It amounts to denial of our fallen condition. I know I’m not able to do much at all without a guide, and it’s a true blessing to receive the blessings and encouragement of the great Shepherd of the universe.