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[T]he sheep follow [the shepherd] because they know his
voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him
because they do not know the voice of strangers.’ (John 10:4-5)
The Shepherd’s voice
The shepherd’s voice
resonates deep within us. We recognize the voice for it is the voice of a great
and unsurpassable Love, a Love we know because our souls are made in Love’s
image.
Soul, a word so
impossible to define, is the presence of this Love within the human being, longing
for communion with its unlimited Source. Only so, do we know ultimate safety
and peace and freedom to be whatever it is we truly are.
The soul hears and
recognizes the Love who is its Source in all that is born of Love—in kindness, in
sacrificial acts of care, in heartfelt service, in true friendship, in those
who carry on in hope when life is most difficult.
The voice of the shepherd
is heard in all of this and more. Each such sounding of Love in our soul in
some measure fills and fulfills our hearts, unless we have succumbed to the
illusions of the world that suggest fulfillment is about personal victory and
getting more than others.
Our souls are made by and
for the Love who is creation’s Source. We can and do forget this. All of us do,
and some never know.
There are those so
abused or simply denied the Love the soul craves that they cannot hear or trust
the deepest cry of their own hearts to know Love’s care and presence. Something
must break through the hard crust around their souls before they know the beauty
of their own creation and the One who seeks them in every love that comes their
way.
For it is true: The Shepherd,
the Christ, speaks in every love crying out for our souls. Love calls for the
beloved. Calling us home.
Listen, just listen. Love
seeks you. Everywhere.
Pr. David L. Miller
