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Ezekiel 34 (New King James Version)
New King James Version (NKJV)
Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Ezekiel 34
Irresponsible Shepherds 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3 You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. 4 The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”7 ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: 8 “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”— 9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD! 10 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.”
God, the True Shepherd 11 ‘For thus says the Lord GOD: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord GOD. 16 “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.” 17 ‘And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats. 18 Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture—and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet, and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.” 20 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them: “Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. 21 Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad, 22 therefore I will save My flock, and they shall no longer be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken. 25 “I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 28 And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid. 29 I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they shall no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. 30 Thus they shall know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and they, the house of Israel, are My people,” says the Lord GOD.’” 31 “You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord GOD.

Update

It's been a minute since I last posted. Life has been fairly busy. For the last six months a counselor has been coming to our home three times a week. My teenager was having suicidal thoughts. The counseling has finally ended last week my daughter is doing quite well. I do want to start blogging again. It has been very busy. I put myself on the South beach diet. I have never done a diet before, but I have gained so much weight I have to do something. Perhaps I'll write again soon.

Should Ex's pay

My Ex-husband seems to be doing quite well. I have been married three times. I love my present husband very much, I would not trade my life now for a previous life...But: It irritates me why he can do so good now and why could he not do well when we were together. This is the story in 1997 I fell in love with a drug addicted convict. This was not my intention with life. We moved in with each other... He was sober... a year later I become preganct and he has a big high fall. In other words his drug addiction of crack was quite evident. I did no drugs nor did I care to. I was pregnact and the right thing to do was to get married, and so we did. We had a wonderful baby boy. I already had a child. I owned a home and he talked me into getting a loan on this home so we could fix it up, this never happened. Then my sister, brother-in-law, and my husband talked into opening a roofing business instead... I should have had sucker written on my forhead I regretfully conquered. I remember thinking "I really do not want to do this, but if I don't they will not love me." What a loser I was. Oh yeah I had gotten a small inheitence as well to combine. The business went very well. he was clean and sober for about a year. He made a lot of money. Then money started disapearing, and people started harassing me for unfinished jobs. He was at it again. I lost every thing. then he became very abusive. In the beginning of 2001 I left him for good. In 2003 I had to file bankruptcy. I tried for two years to keep everything together. I did not make this happen. Even when he was sober and working he would not help us. He was very abusive even after I left him. I married my present husband. There came a point that he became so abusive and drug problems worsened, that I requested supervised visits he refused. I took him to court for child support, and asked the judge to restrict his parental rights. he was becoming very dangerous. The courts decided that he could see our son through DSS. He refused. He owes us around $30,000 in child support.
Now our son is 9, my husband raises my son. My ex has not seen him in 6 years. My son wants to meet him. This cannot happen.
I recently found out that my ex was doing very well. He is sober. Just bought a new car. He is buying a house... etc, etc,etc...
So, is it Godly to go after him in Child support. Should I??? Why does this make me so angry? I am livid that he is doing so well, but yet he cannot support his son. I am livid that he can do so well now we before he could not. At least he could do right by our son. Atleast he could apoligize... something. God bless

AUTISM???

For years I have been attempting to find out what was wrong with my son. First off his is very intelligent but on the other hand he has a learning disability, and is terribly hard to teach and we have a difficult time with discipline issues. When he was 6 I had him tested for things, because I saw a major problem with his learning ability. Many people would say it was just his age but this was not true I could feel it in my heart he just didn't learn like other children. First they said he was Adhd. Then they said he was bi-polar with extreme ODD. The psychiatric office we were attending did not really seem to be helping him. Other than diagnosing him enough so the school would test him. All they kept saying was that he had such a high vocabulary that he could not possibly have a learning disability. When they found out that he did have a learning disability they were very surprised. Then the school system was pulling him out of class so many times a day that he was missing what he could have been learning in class and he was being picked on quite alot. After, 2 times in first grade and a half of a year in 2nd grade we decided to home school him. We just did not think that he was getting what he needed out of school. It is hard to teach someone who wants only talk about computers or hamsters or games or anything else in extremes he could possible learn about. don't forget he doesn't forget anything. So we brought him home. Now this has been one struggle after another. sometimes he learns fantastically and others its like he is so zoned out that I can't hardly teach him. Sometimes he is so arrogant, for example he would have a breakdown if we did not do some thing in a particular order like today. He wanted lunch at one well we slept in and did not even eat breakfast till 11.30. So, I told him that we would eat in a little bit. Well he starts to tell me how horrible I am for starving him and how I am not feeding him, and he starts to have a breakdown about not having lunch at one, this happens everyday. I* thouhgt this was a discipline issue, and some of it is. So we decided to have him see a psychologists, and a behavioral specialists. After about four months we still haven't gotten a diagnoses, finally I ask the psychologists what she thought. Well she tells me she thinks he has Aspergers syndrome. At first I am not sure what to think. I am not even sure what it is. Well yesterday I start researching it and find that it is a type of autism. It sounds exactly like him. So all this time I could have been helping him instead of butting heads with him. I am very over whelmed with this I hope I can do this.

Paid in Full

Paid in Full

I heard this on the air this week

I read this on the air today. Pretty powerful!

The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a court house.

The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table.

As I looked around I saw the 'prosecutor.'

He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me.

He definitely was the most evil person I have ever seen.

I sat down and looked to my left and there sat My Attorney, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him.

The corner door flew open and there appeared the Judge in full flowing robes.

He commanded an awesome presence as He moved across the room I couldn't take my eyes off of Him.

As He took His seat behind the bench, He said, 'Let us begin.'

The prosecutor rose and said, 'My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this woman belongs in hell.'

He proceeded to tell of lies that I told, things that I stole, and In the past when I cheated others Satan told of other horrible Perversions that were once in my life and the more he spoke, the further down in my seat I sank.

I was so embarrassed that I couldn't look at anyone, even my own Attorney, as the Devil told of sins that even I had completely forgotten about.

As upset as I was at Satan for telling all these things about me, I was equally upset at My Attorney who sat there silently not Offering any form of defense at all.

I know I had been guilty of those things, but I had done some good in my life - couldn't that at least equal out part of the harm I'd done?

Satan finished with a fury and said, 'This woman belongs in hell, she is guilty of all that I have charged and there is not a person who can prove otherwise.'

When it was His turn, My Attorney first asked if He might approach the bench.

The Judge allowed this over the strong objection of Satan, and beckoned Him to come forward.

As He got up and started walking, I was able to see Him in His full splendor and majesty.

I realized why He seemed so familiar; this was Jesus representing me, my Lord and my Savior.

He stopped at the bench and softly said to the Judge, 'Hi, Dad,' and then He turned to address the court.

'Satan was correct in saying that this woman had sinned, won't deny any of these allegations.

And, yes, the wage of sin is death, and this woman deserves to be punished.'

Jesus took a deep breath and turned to His Father with outstretched arms and proclaimed, 'However, I died on the cross so that this person might have eternal life and she has accepted Me as her Savior, so she is Mine.'

My Lord continued with, 'Her name is written in the Book of Life, and no one can snatch her from Me.

Satan still does not understand yet.

This woman is not to be given justice, but rather mercy.'

As Jesus sat down, He quietly paused, looked at His Father and said, 'There is nothing else that needs to be done.' 'I've done it all.'

The Judge lifted His mighty hand and slammed the gavel down.

The following words bellowed from His lips..

'This woman is free.'

The penalty for her has already been paid in full.

'Case dismissed.'

As my Lord led me away, I could hear Satan ranting and raving, 'I won't give up, I will win the next one.' I asked Jesus as He gave me my instructions where to go next, 'Have you ever lost a case?'

Christ lovingly smiled and said,

'Everyone that has come to Me and asked Me to represent them has received the same verdict as you,

~Paid In Full~