The Shepherd

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The Shepherd
                                                  The Shepherd

                 “ The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want”

I hear this hymn all the time in the Church, and it sits in the mind like a chicken and then goes roaming off after a few minutes.

  But the things that has been staying in the mind is the word “Shepherd” . Shepherd …. Which means “one who tends to sheep”. In the Catholic faith, Jesus is shown as a Shepherd who constantly cares for his sheep who are the Catholics. But how about the profession, the one of a shepherd who goes around taking care of the sheep

  Well, for starters shepherding is an ancient profession which has its roots in history from the times of Christ and probably even before  . Whenever I would think of the Shepherd’s job, then the imagery would play on my mind. The flock of sheep are rounded up and taken over the hills and the shepherds would round them up to graze, and while the sheep are grazing the shepherds take a break for their lunch. Life is beautiful on the mountains as the shepherds enjoy their lunch amongst the beautiful green grass and shrubs. Life must be quite beautiful at that time, with the blue skies above and if the shepherds go higher then they would be clouds for company.

  They milk the sheep to sell the milk, also sell the sheep  as their meat is valued as well as their wool which is used for winter clothes. Buy the best part is the job. I always had the thing in my mind to be a shepherd and tend to sheep. Living in the green mountains and keeping the flock in order I feel is a great job. There’s a certain joy in doing it, and I wanted to told it wearing the clothes worn in the old Testament and I would definitely like to do it someday.

Some shepherds do have a hard job, if they have to go on the high mountain tops and they also have to pitch tents to stay and keep guard over the sheep. Plus it involves a lot of travel and staying in thin air, in addition to defending the flock from natural predators. But since shepherding has been done from such a long time, the shepherds definitely have all the tools of the trade.


First there was the shepherd and his sheep, and added to them were a couple of goats and donkeys. Donkeys were probably good for  transport and carrying loads.  Later, man trained dogs to herd the sheep for them, and among them was the birth of the sheepdog. They were some breeds of dogs that had lots of hair over them and resembled a sheep . This helped to confuse predators like foxes and wolves who always attempted to attack sheep and get their meal.

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