I will be that person who names every animal we own including the cattle. Rango is our new bull on the farm. Most farmers don’t see a point in naming their cattle because they will either put them up for sale, trade them out, or send them to be slaughtered for food. They usually identify them by their ear tag number and never give them a name. Understandably, it is confusing when a farmer has 300 head of cattle in all the same color and breed…that’s why the ear tag numbers are so important! If one of them becomes sick, they can identify the cow more easily to pull it out from the herd for treatment. But since we are just starting out with only a few cattle, I like names, not numbers.
By 2050, it is predicted that there will be 9 billion people on the earth. Right now, there about 7 billion. God forms us in the womb, fashions us before we are born, and knows all of our names….yours & mine. He doesn’t need ID tags/numbers to know who we are. Even though we are both on this earth with 7 billion other people, He doesn’t just kinda sorta know us…HE REALLY KNOWS US. He knows our every thought, our burdens, our mistakes. The Bible describes Jesus as the good shepherd & us as His sheep.
“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” -John 10:11
He takes care of us and gives us life…eternal life if we accept Him as our Savior.
You are not defined by the number of mistakes you make or what kind of mistakes you make. Your mistakes can be cleansed and forgiven. Jesus may know what’s in your heart and the mistakes you’ve made but He also offers to forgive you for what you’ve done. He doesn’t just want to know you, but He wants to have a RELATIONSHIP with you. Sin stands in the way of your relationship with Jesus, but no sin is too big, dirty, ugly. No sin is unforgivable.
But, for real, aren’t you glad we don’t have to wear ear tags? 😅
