JESUS, TENDER SHEPHERD

  By Maureen Miller I am the good Shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me… JOHN 10:14 (NIV) “Look!” I shouted. Nestled in the straw was a wet, newborn goat. Her brother and sister, only an hour old, were clean and fluffy – their tummies full of milk. Amy, the mama, licked one and then the other, ignoring the third one. “Why isn’t she eating?” asked Jacob, my youngest son. “Sometimes a doe will reject a baby if she has more than two,” I said. “Maybe she doesn’t have enough milk to feed three.” “Can we bottle-feed her?” my oldest son, Ian, asked, stroking her tenderly. We were prepared for this. Twins and triplets are common among goats. Often times, the doe will reject “kids” when there are more than two. We’d...

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