DEV:Jesus knows your name

   John 10:7-14

   Jesus Knows Your Name. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep,
and am known by My own. John 10:14

   I received a clipping that pointed out an interesting part about
shepherds . Sheep in a flock all look alike to the untrained eye, but a
good shepherd can tell them apart. Usually he does this by recognizing
their defects and peculiar traits. A man who was tending a large flock
explained this to a Christian friend. " See that sheep over there?"
said the shepherd. "Notice how it toes in a little. The one behind it
has a squint; the next one has a patch of wool off it's back; ahead is
one with a distinguishing black mark." Looking over the flock, the
friend was impressed that the shepherd could be so familiar with each
animal. Then he thought about Christ, the Chief Shepherd . Like a
sheepherder, He also knows the individual marks of the members of His
flock, and He watches over each with discerning love and sympathetic
understanding. He notes the doubts, fears, trials and defeats that
disturb their peace, and He comes to their aid.

   Fellow Christians, you or I may appear to the world to be just
another face in the crowd, a number in a computer, but "the Lord knows
those who are His"(2 Tim.2:19). People may pay no attention to us, or
they may refuse to allow for our inadequacies. Jesus, however, who
knows all about us, graciously forgives our sins and ministers strength
to our weaknesses.

   How this truth shroud comfort our hearts! Our Good Shepherd not only
knows our name(John 10:30), but He also knows our needs. -H.G.B.

   My sheep I know, they are My own,

   I leave them not in trials alone;

   I will be with them to the end,

   Their Hope, their Joy,their dearest Friend....

   GOD DOES NOT LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE IMPORTANT; YOU ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE GOD LOVES YOU.....