“Go Ahead—Make My Day”: The Shepherd’s Watch
“Go Ahead—Make My Day”: The Shepherd’s Watch Here’s a little fodder for Trivia night: On Sunday April 26 th the Fourth Sunday of Easter, called Good Shepherd Sunday, we celebrate the Risen Lord as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Within the landscape of Christian symbolism, few images resonate more profoundly than the tens of thousands of beautiful, metaphorical portrayals of Christ as the Good Shepherd But in biblical Israel, nomadic shepherds lived humble, demanding lives alongside their flocks, tending to their needs around the clock. It was far from easy — and hardly the serene, idyllic scene we often see. Shepherds would guide their sheep by day to find food and water and watch over them at night. It was a 24 x 7 job. And the proverb “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make the horse drink” applied to sheep as well. Just because a shepherd found a nice stream of running water for h...