Cross View Baptist Church

Every once and a while, a ewe will give birth to a lamb and reject it. There are many reasons she may do this. If the lamb is returned to the ewe, the mother ma...y even kick the poor animal away. Once a ewe rejects one of her lambs, she will never change her mind. These little lambs will hang their heads so low that it looks like something is wrong with their necks. Their spirits are broken. These lambs are called bummer lambs. Unless the shepherd intervenes, that lamb will die, rejected and alone. So, do you know what the shepherd does? He takes that rejected little one into his home, hand feeds it and keeps it warm by the fire. He will wrap it up with blankets and hold it to his chest so the bummer can hear his heartbeat. Once the lamb is strong enough, the shepherd will place it back in the field with the rest of the flock. But that sheep never forgets how the shepherd cared for him when his mother rejected him. When the shepherd calls for the flock, guess who runs to him first? That is right: the bummer sheep. He knows his voice intimately. It is not that the bummer lamb is loved more; it just knows intimately the one who loves it. It's not that it is loved more; it just believes it because it has experienced that love one on one. So many of us are bummer lambs, rejected and broken. But He is the good Shepherd. He cares for our every need and holds us close to His heart so we can hear His heartbeat. We may be broken, but we are deeply loved by the Shepherd. Edited to add: Someone shared this video with me and suggested that Sheila Walsh may be the author who brought the bummer lamb story to light. I also found some interesting blog posts and articles when googling the topics bummer lamb and lambing, so I encourage you to search those out if this story resonates with you. I had no idea it would be so widely shared and want to be careful not to infringe upon anyone’s intellectual property. This information is not original with me, and while I appreciate all the shares and friend requests, I won’t be accepting those from people I don’t know. https://youtu.be/VR8E6PeYTJg

Wow, we have so many friends and acquaintances who are serving the Lord all over the world. Please pray for these missionaries!

Our pastor’s children Easter 2019