“I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,
declares the Sovereign Lord. I will
search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and
strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will
shepherd the flock with justice.”—Ezekiel 34: 15-17
The image accompanying this post is The Good Shepherd, created by the German
Renaissance painter and printmaker Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553).
