I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. John 10:10b-11
The full and complete awareness of this concept of abundant Christian living can come to us only as we grasp the nature and character of God, our Father. The Scriptures reveal Him to be love. By that is meant not a selfish, self-indulgent, sentimental love, but its opposite.
The love of God spoken of so extensively is total selflessness. It is God, in Christ, sharing Himself with us unhesitatingly. It is He giving Himself in glad, wholehearted abandonment to us. It is God pouring Himself out for His people. It is God losing Himself in our little lives that we might know the abundance of His life. It is God giving Himself to us without measure in overflowing abundance so that in turn His life spills out from ours to go running over our weary old world in streams of refreshing…………
The best a mere mortal can do is to go quietly to some place, still, alone, there to meditate before the splendor of our God………..
He is with us. He is our counselor. He is our companion. He is our “alongside one.” He is our comforter. He is our closest friend. He is here in rich and wondrous intimacy.
A Shepherd Looks at The Good Shepherd and His Sheep, by Phillip Keller
This passage meant a lot to me this morning as I applied it to my own daily life.
Have a wonderful day, friends.
We are loved.
Good to be Home 
Thank you for sharing. This is very encouraging.Have a wonderful day. =) I like the way your playlist looks with the flowers….I have tried a few times to change mine but can’t figure out how to do it!
Thanks for sharing that.
Thank you so much for sharing. I am going to print it and frame it.
Oh, I have a request. Could you please give me instructions on how to have music play, as you have done. Thank you much.
Lovely. I have that book somewhere…hmmm, that is a puzzle. “The best a mere mortal can do is to go quietly to some place, still, alone, there to meditate before the splendor of our God………..” yes! Love the tulips too
We are indeed!
Thank you for sharing that, Shanda. I read and processed the words slowly, and particularly noted the same excerpt that ABAHM quoted in her comment. It is good to be reminded of the importance of making time to “be still and alone…”
this is one of my favorite verses.thanks for sharing shanda – loved this part, “He is our “alongside one.” so glad for that!
God is the only person powerful enough to keep his heart on his sleeve all the time, and never withdraw, no matter how painful it becomes to be so very relationally intimate with the rest of us. Thanks for sharing.
Loved reading your thoughts-hope it’s okay to “borrow” some of them for our SS class tomorrow! We are studying on who our Good Shepherd is!