The shepherd had one hundred sheep,But one had gone astray.He left the ninety and nine aloneTo search back along the way. Back through the wilderness he searched.He called for his sheep by name.The sheep heard his master calling.To the shepherd he came. The shepherd was filled with joy.Gently he picked up his sheep.He laid it across his shoulders,And carried it up the mountain steep. As nearer and nearer home he cameHe called his friends to gather round.Back into the fold he put the sheep.He cried, “Rejoice with me. My sheep I have found.” The poem is about the lost sheep from the parable in Luke 15:3-7. There is joy in Heaven when those who have gone astray in the wilderness of sin, repent and enter into the fold again. The 23rd Psalm beautifully portrays the shepherd’s love and care for his sheep.

Lighted by the Divine’s presenceIt is a wonderful city of lightWhere all fears and foes are goneAnd there is no night. There is the river of lifeThat runs in the streetWhere the redeemed of all nationsOn the shores shall meet. The tree of life standsOn either side of the riverBearing twelve manner of fruitsYielding its fruit forever. From the river of lifeComes the shining lightThat shows the gloryOf the heavenly life. It is beyond imagination to realize the grace and bliss that shall pervade the heavenly city.