Thursday, October 19, 2017

This



happened a lil while back as well, 
I've been meaning to put it here but just haven't got around to it till now.

I had just read the parable about the sheep and the goats.
I was at the library, 
five minutes away from home, 
it was the last thing I read before leaving.
It was still very fresh in my mind.
I park the truck in front of the garage, start to walk back to my neighbors.

Know what he has?
Yep.
A pen with four or five sheep 
and two little fainting goats who roam around the farm.
The goats sometimes go over by the sheep pen just to mess with them.
Like a, "hahaha, were out here and you're not" kinda thing.

I mean none of this is anywhere near my mind.
I'm walking, still digesting what I had just read, 
I get to the top of the driveway where I can see the sheep pen and guess who are there?
Yep.
The goats.
Messing with the sheep.

Wanna take a guess at which animals were on what side?

Yep. 
Sheep on the right, goats on the left.
I had to look it back up to make sure I had it right lol.

I just laughed.

I thought,
"Of course the goats are are by the sheep pen 
with the sheep on the right and the goats on the left, why wouldn't they be?"

Matthew 25:31-46

The Sheep and the Goats


31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

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