No Ruts...


It's good to be loved! You know, I'm just sharing my heart and soul about 'rutting' Saturday night. I even went so far as to share that Susan and I will not rut! All of it with heart-felt spiritual implications. After all, as sheep, we are prone to get into a rut when we don't follow the shepherd. So, I do live in Crestview. There are ALOT of hunters in our fellowship. They did feel free to tell me that when two deer get together and 'rut', well...... that tends to produce a little, tiny, baby deer. Yep, I was instructed not to use 'rut' as a verb.. No rutting or "to rut"... and definitely don't allude to my wife and I not rutting...just, not good. I love being a communicator : )


So, I'm a sheep who gets into ruts. I'm a sheep who will walk the same trail over and over and over. If left to my own devices, I'll follow the same trail until it becomes rutted; eat from the same hills until barren; pollute the ground until it becomes corrupt. I'm a sheep. I'll do things the way I have always done them because I am a person of habit. Jesus is the author of life. He's the amazing, good Shepherd. He is always leading me toward life... satisfaction... sustenance... His entire reputation as the Good Shepherd depends upon His guidance toward new ground.... new horizons... fresh food. If I'm in a rut, it's a pretty good sign that I'm not following my Shepherd. He's moving. He's alive. He's life!

I want to follow Him. I will follow Him. I'll find fresh water as He guides. I will drink from His wellspring of life. I will take Him in... I will believe Him... I will make so much room for my shepherds life that His life will become my very own. Despite my desire to conform.. my fears... my rutted, habitual life... Despite all these adverse characteristics, Christ chooses me.. He choose us, buys us, calls us by name, makes us His own, and delights in us. He is an amazingly good Shepherd!

Stay out of ruts! Drink deeply in Christ. Enjoy that He will guide you to fertile ground.... life! I will follow a Shepherd like that!

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For the Glory,
Mark