{"id":767003,"date":"2010-02-20T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/?p=767003"},"modified":"2010-02-20T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T15:27:00","slug":"the-shepherd-speaks-gently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/?p=767003","title":{"rendered":"The Shepherd Speaks Gently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell that I&#8217;m really being blessed by Frances Roberts&#8217; <u>Dialogues with God<\/u>?! <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a beautiful selection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shepherd Speaks Gently<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My little one, hast thou not heard My word, go not into the bypaths?&nbsp; Lo, I, thy loving Shepherd am by thy side.&nbsp; Why shouldst thou wander off?&nbsp; I have brought thee into tender, green pastures and beside a flowing stream.&nbsp; Let thy soul drink deeply and feed to thy hearts&#8217; content.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is no idle pastime:&nbsp; I have brought thee here for My own good pleasure and for purposes only known to Me.&nbsp; In the days ahead thou shalt know why we came this way.&nbsp; Trust Me now and be unmoved by any disturbance.&nbsp; The distant call thou shalt ignore. Stay close to Me, and thy heart shall delight in thy God.&nbsp; Thy fellowship with Me shall be precious beyond anything words can tell.&nbsp; I love thee deeply, and when love is deep, words are little needed.&nbsp; Shouting is unthinkable.&nbsp; Devotion is silent and love silences conversation.&nbsp; The shepherd speaks gently, and lambs do not respond to shouts.&nbsp; He who yells at the sheep is behaving like a hireling rather than like a shepherd.&nbsp; He shall bring confusion.&nbsp; The inner ear of the spirit is attuned to hear the still, small voice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lay thine head upon My knee and let Me quiet thee. Forget all the rest.&nbsp; What others do need not concern thee.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have never required thee to understand the actions of others.&nbsp; Make it no concern of thine.&nbsp; Only yield.&nbsp; Let Me do all the rest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sleep is My love gift to thee.&nbsp; Do not despise it nor set it aside.&nbsp; Rest in My care, for I love to care for thee but I cannot when ye are wrongfully anxious about the behaviour of others.&nbsp; I will correct them and minister to them Myself, for I also love them just as I love you.&nbsp; But they are too occupied to come to Me now.&nbsp; Leave them <em>all<\/em>&nbsp;to Me, and come, rest in My arms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Prayer Response<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blessed Jesus, my soul cries out to Thee in response to Thy love.&nbsp; I would rather come to Thee than build ten cities.&nbsp; No accomplishment brings the joy and deep satisfaction that comes from being near Thee and feeling my hand in Thine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Loving Saviour, blessed by Thy Name!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let thy soul drink deeply and feed to thy hearts&#8217; content.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay close to Me, and thy heart shall delight in thy God.&nbsp; Thy fellowship with Me shall be precious beyond anything words can tell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lay thine head upon My knee and let Me quiet thee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oh, Jesus, I lay my head upon Your knee&#8230;.may You quiet me there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell that I&#8217;m really being blessed by Frances Roberts&#8217; Dialogues with God?! &nbsp; &nbsp; Here is a beautiful selection. &nbsp; &nbsp; The Shepherd Speaks Gently My little one, hast thou not heard My word, go not into the bypaths?&nbsp; Lo, I, thy loving Shepherd am by thy side.&nbsp; Why shouldst thou wander off?&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-his-presence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=767003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=767003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=767003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agracefullplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=767003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}