‘I’m telling you the solemn truth,’ he said. ‘I am the gate of the sheep. All the people who came before me were thieves and brigands, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. I am the gate. If anyone comes in by me, they will be safe, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief…
Meek. Humble. Gentle. Jesus is not trigger-happy.Not harsh, reactionary, easily exasperated.He is the most understanding person in the universe.The posture most natural to him is not a pointed finger but open arms. Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly The Bruised Reed and Smouldering Wick I have been reading through Matthew – a chapter at a time…
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 Jesus saw the pain, the outcasts, those without peace, and the brokenness as He went from place to place. Ezekiel heard from the Lord hundreds of years before, reporting a similar prophecy, God’s…
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it…