Broken

I was once told the story of the meaning of the picture of the shepherd tending to his sheep while carrying a young lamb on his shoulders. Most people think that it represents Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" While many accounts that I have researched have told that there is no true evidence of this practice happening, it is often taught in churches to suggest that God will break us, to keep us close.

The way that I have heard the story was that sheep that would often wander outside of the flock would have it's legs broken by the shepherd. During the time that it would take for the lamb to heal, the shepherd would carry him, tend to him and bond with him so that the lamb becomes so dependent on the shepherd that he would never leave his side again.

I have spent most of my life running from God. But in my brokenness, when I could no longer run, it was God that my heart ran to.