Monday, July 8, 2019

Allison, the good shepherd


Reflecting today on my time away from work I fondly recall a story my niece Allison shared.  Allison is planning to become a veterinarian and worked last summer and this summer with Dr. Mike, a big animal vet. Each day when she returns from her internship under Dr. Mike,  she shares tales of her days' care of the animals. All of her stories fascinate and delight all of us.   One such story invoked a beautiful scene to me of the Good Shepherd. Allison told us she had worked with a little lamb. The small lamb had broken its leg and Allison and Dr. Mike had to care for it.  They were able to sedate and put a splint on the little lamb. Allison, is a strong young woman with a huge heart, I saw her and this story as a  metaphor in many ways for the strength of our Good Shepherd. In her sharing, I sensed her gentleness, her care, her affection for this small injured lamb.

   As she finish her story, and as  Holy validation, it occurred to me she was wearing her college shirt ​.....Shepherd. That is one lucky lamb and we are lucky to know our Shepherd so well.