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COUNTING SHEEP

12/7/2013

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                                          COUNTING SHEEP

                                 Back in November when we were
                                 getting over our Thanksgiving feasting
                                 (burp!), we tried going to sleep on a
                                 cold windy night. We tried everything.
                                 We even tried counting...sheep. We            
                                 counted up to ninety-nine, and then
                                 we had a dream within a dream.

                                 We dreamed the flock of ninety-nine
                                 were all gathered in and were safe and
                                 secure under the watchful eye of the 
                                 good shepherd. He called them all by
                                 name, one by one, and then he said
                                 we're missing one...Where's Morgan?
  
                                 All the sheep began looking around at
                                 each other. Sheepishly, of course.

                                 And then the good shepherd left the
                                 ninety and nine and went looking for
                                 that one lost sheep. He went over hill
                                 and dale, forests, streams, and valleys.

                                 And then he saw Morgan, stuck in a 
                                                 thicket. "Morgan, what are you doing
                                 in that thicket?"

                                 "Uh, uh, I don't know."

                                 "Why don't you come home with me 
                                 and be a part of my flock. Come, let's
                                 go home."

                                 "Oh, okay!"

                                 And so, Morgan left his old haunts for
                                 home and sought to follow his master 
                                 for the rest of his life.
 
                                 Ah, not the end of the story, but just 
                                 the beginning.


                         
                       
 


                                 
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