Sheep Dogs

Yesterday, one of our members preached on Jesus being the Shepherd and challenged us to who we really follow. After the sermon we have started a time of response from the congregation, this week 4 people responded (a fifth text the word 'woof') and we got onto a discussion during the service of are we sheep or sheep dogs that respond to the masters calls. Like any analogy the image is limited, but it was interesting to think of us not as sheep (who are dumb, not individual, and have no dialogue with the shepherd) but as sheep dogs who listen carefully to what the Shepherd is saying. Both the image of sheep and sheep dog works well in different ways of how we understand our self in the presence of Jesus. Well done Horfield for a great discussion.