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October 22
Wednesday


ON HIS
SHOULDERS

READ:
Luke 15:3-7
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He shall dwell between
His shoulders.
__Deuternomy 33:12
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Our family likes to hike, and we've had some grand adventures together. But when our boys were small, our enthusiasm caused us to walk too fast and too far, and their legs often grew weary. They couldn't keep up the pace, despite their determined efforts and our assurance that the end of the trail was just over the next hill.

"Dad," would come the plaintive request, accompanied by upraised arms, "will you carry me?" 'Of course," I would reply, and hoist the child on my shoulders. He was not a burden, for he was little and light.

How often, like my children, I've grown weary, and the end of my efforts is not even in sight. I can no longer keep up or accomplish the task. But I am learning that I can turn with arms upraised to my heavenly Father, who walks beside me, and I can ask Him to carry me.

I know He will lay me on His shoulder as a shepherd carries the lamb that was lost (Luke 15:5). There He will joyfully carry me all day long, for I am little and light__no burden to Him. There I find rest, for "the beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him, who shelters him all the day long; and he shall dwell between His shoulders" (Deut. 33:12). __David Roper
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`````````````````````Ask the Savior to help you,`````````````````
``````````````````Comfort, strengthen, and keep you``````````````
```````````````````````He is willing to aid you__`````````````````
``````````````````He will carry you through. __Palmer`````````````
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The God who holds the universe
is the God who is holding you.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 15:3-7************

3 So He spoke this parable
to them, saying: 4 "What
man of you, having a
hundred sheep, if he loses
one of them, does not leave
the ninety-nine in the
wilderness, and go after the
one which is lost until he
finds it? 5 and when he has
found it, he lays it on his
shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And
when he comes home, he
calls together his friends and
neighbors, saying to them,
'Rejoice with me, for I have
found my sheep which was
lost!' I say to you that
likewise there will be more
joy in heaven over one
sinner who repents than over
ninety-nine just persons who
need no repentance."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Jesus association with the social outcasts of society (Luke 15:1-2)
offended the self-righteous Pharisees and religious leaders who saw
themselves as the only people fit to go to heaven. In response, Jesus
spoke three parables that focused on lost things__a lost sheep (vv.4-
7), a lost coin (vv.8-10), and a lost son (vv.11-31). All three parables
follow a pattern of being lost, then found, and rejoicing when the
lost is found. In Matthew 18:1-14, Jesus spoke a similar parable of
the lost sheep in a slightly different context. This parable is a lesson
on pastoral care for members of God's flock who have wandered
away into danger. __Sim Kay Tee