The Spouse of a Wolf is a Lost Sheep...

Do you remember the parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15? Jesus tells a story of a shepherd who has 100 sheep and one of them strays and gets lost in the wilderness. He talks about how the shepherd will go and search for the lost one and rejoice when he finds the lost sheep. I have always thought of this scripture as the "sinner" who wandered off. Who do you think the "sinner" is? Is it a dear friend who wandered away from church? Is it your child, who is off being a prodigal? Is it your lost neighbor? Or, is it you? My challenge is this...if you are in a relationship with a Wolf, is it possible that you are a lost sheep? Think about it? I think our own tendencies toward Wolfness blindsus to the fact that we can be lost sheep. If you are one of the 99 sheep, is it possible to have a Wolf in the midst while the shepherd is there? Or, maybe you have SO wandered away from who Christ desires you to be, that you are indeed a lost sheep and you are married to a Wolf?

I believe that when we are defining our self by others...what they want, what they demand, who they say we are...we may actually be a lost sheep. If God has created me to have a heart of generosity and I am married to a Wolf, who has stingy money issues...how I am living out who God has created me to be? If God has gifted me to provide comic relief, and my Wolf spouse is always putting down my sense of humor...how am I living out who God created me to be. Letting others define you, rather than Christ makes you a lost sheep! You are listening to the voices of others, rather than the voice of the Shepherd.

Do not be afraid to get to know the YOU that God created YOU to be! You are uniquely designed and in that design He has purposes for you! Listen for His voice calling you, He wants to rejoice in bringing you back to the flock!