A post for 8/17/13

8/17/13

Isa 40:11  He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

When the bible uses language that is not the reality, may-be it is.

All of creation is used for us to better understand, and is needed to make the point and give us a stronger felling sometimes. 

Milton Terry says it this way; “The tiny mustard seed has its moral, and the lilies there lessons. Thorns and thistles utter admonitions, and revive sad memories. The sheep and the fold, the shepherd and his dog, the donkey and his owner, the ox and his goad, the camel and his burden, the horse with neck clothed with thunder; lions that roar, wolves that raven, foxes that destroy, harts panting for the water brooks, and roes feeding among the lilies, doves in their windows, sparrows on the housetop, storks in the heavens, eagles hasting to their prey; things great and small; the busy bee improving each shining hour, and the careful ant laying up store in harvest—nothing too large to serve, too small to aid.”