ellen5e.com » animal http://ellen5e.com Blogging about my 5 E's Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:37:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A Little Birdy Told Me http://ellen5e.com/p/a-little-birdy-told-me/ http://ellen5e.com/p/a-little-birdy-told-me/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:05:00 +0000 ellen5e http://ellen5e.com/p/a-little-birdy-told-me/
Oliver Comp perch 02
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Well, a not-so-little Patagonia Conure parrot actually told me to hang in there. This post surgery pain has GOT to let up soon. Oliver, the bird, actually jumped off of his cage, waddled down the hallway, climbed up the sheets and onto my shoulder. He was concerned about me and new that the Spirit the wonder dog had kept coming in here to see me.

Therefore, not to be outdone, Oliver made the extra effort to show that dogs are not the only loyal pets in this household.

You can see other flickr photos of my pets’ bedside manners by clicking here.

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]]> http://ellen5e.com/p/a-little-birdy-told-me/feed/ 0 The Lame Lamb http://ellen5e.com/p/the-lame-lamb/ http://ellen5e.com/p/the-lame-lamb/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:26:00 +0000 ellen5e http://ellen5e.com/p/the-lame-lamb/ good_shepherd I would like to tell you of a shepherding practice that is used when a lamb continues to wander away from the flock. In order for the lamb that keeps wandering away to learn to stay with the flock, the shepherd uses his staff and actually breaks one of legs of the lamb. Then he splints the leg and carries the little one over his shoulders for a good bit of the healing time required.

The lamb is carried this way as they go about the daily life of whatever sheep and their shepherd do. All the while a special bond is being made.

When the day comes that the shepherd removes the splint from the leg of the lamb, the purpose of what may seem to be an abusive act comes into focus.

That little lamb will NEVER wander away from his shepherd again! In fact he now gleefully leaps about in the area near the shepherd. The very hand that had caused his pain, comforted him through it, lovingly cared for him, and gave him a real appreciation for all that the shepherd provides.

So now, when you read in the book of Isaiah ” All we like sheep go astray, each to his own way”, and the LORD is the keeper of them all, I hope that you will remember this illustration.

There is a reason for our pain. If we won’t stop wandering away, the shepherd will pursue our closeness in some other way. That’s just how much He longs to be close to us. Isn’t that neat?

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