Sheep's choice

After Psalm 95

The sheep have a choice:

accept who they are,

crowd around the shepherd,

heed the shepherd’s voice.

Or

Do what’s always been done

(Meribah),

ignore what’s in front of their nose

(Massah),

begrudge the blessings

(manna),

Test, or vex, or both, the shepherd

(12 spies),

Reject the promise,

Reap the wilderness,

Find no rest.

That’s the choice.

Photograph by Sam Carter via Unsplash. Used with permission.