A shepherd’s hook stood in the corner of the empty office a reminder of the role the reason for this room, in the corner of the building it called to be used to have sweat and dirt join the clean wood to be used in the field, in work, to guard and lead and protect the members of the flock
A memory of the old shepherd and those for whom it is more than metaphor reminding me of the cane in the corner of the new house at the close of “Miracle on 34th Street”
A reminder that believing is seeing, that He will always be their he will remember the covenant, his promises that the Good Shepherd is always watching watching over us His rod and his staff are there to protect, give us safe haven in a troubled world a symbol, indicia of his love, our joy like the bow in the sky and the bread and wine in remembrance of the hand of the master the staff to ward off enemies and the hook to bring them and us home
July 16, 2006 14:17 Genesis 8:12-17, Psalm 23:4, Matthew 28:20, and John 10:11.