The Lost Sheep:
Jesus Teaches About God's Care For Everyone

One day - after a long day on the hillsides, moving slowly from green patch to green patch of grass, the shepherd saw the sun was setting and it was time to reach the safety of the sheepfold. As usual he counted the sheep into the fold -

1,2,3,4,5, ... and so on until 97, 98, 99 ...

But where was the hundredth?

wandering sheep
The shepherd thought a bit, then realised exactly which sheep was missing... It was that little one who never seemed to listen and follow the flock. More than once before the shepherd had needed to use his crook to bring it from a rocky place. Now what had it done?
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