Talent Ambianced1

Sheep and Goats

By Ambianced1 | 2006

Sheep, goats, goats, sheep...Which one am I? Heck I don't know and it's not like I haven't tried to figure it out!

I guess I should explain what I am talking about.

I went to this bible study that someone has been nagging me to go to. So I dug out an old bible, dusted it off and went to the study.
The teacher started reading Matthew 25 31-46...you know the parable about the sheep and goats but with the old King James Bible, I couldnt make head nor tails of what it said. Luckily a lady beside me let me look at her new bible so it would make it easier. Well, I knew the words better, but I still had no idea of what it was talking about.
So the teacher tells the how Jesus says that people will come before the throne of God in the last day and they will line up and God is there as some kind of a shepherd. And God is doing this separating thing, sheep apart from the goats. The sheep in this story are the good guys and yep you guessed it the goats are the bad guys who didnt do what they were suppose to do while here on earth. So here it is; God is the shepherd..cool enough, but it turns out that this is some kind of big test! I say...Cool..I was pretty good at test and what I didn't know, the kid next to me did, if you know what I mean. Anyway, Here's how the test goes: God is incognito...I know, pretty big word but it means, hiding. But not behind a rock or nothing simple like that...he is hiding in someone, other people and I think "Hey that's cool but where?" Here's the secret. It seems that God is hiding in places you would never expect to find Him. However, you have to find Him and do something. Its like a scavenger hunt!! I think "Cool!" So all I have to do is have the clues and go find God and do what it says and scratch it off my list and then I will be in!
So here's the clues:

I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thristy and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me in, I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you took care of me. I was in prison and you visited me.

So I get home...rummage through my cabinets and find an old can of beans that has been there since I moved in. And off I go...Looking for hungry God.
I started toward the soup kitchen looking for God to give him my beans and on the way a homeless family came up, kids and all wanting my beans! Heck, I pushed right pass them because I wasnt gonna waste this can on them. I was going to give it to God. I get to the soup kitchen , but I didnt see God there waiting on my can of beans. All I saw was a bunch of hungry folks being fed by people and then the hungry folks after they ate, helped clean up and serve other folks. In fact, one of them asked me if I wanted something to eat or if I would like to help serve food to the people! I said, "Heck No! I didnt have time for that because I was on a mission." So I left. I threw the can of beans in the trash and moved on with my list. Let's see...a glass of water. So I got a glass of water and walked up and down main street looking for God to give it too. No Luck. So I stopped in to Roma's Restaurant to get a cup of coffee and a woman came in all upset from the next door laundry mat shaking. The waitress went to her and calmed her down and bought her a cup of coffee and a sandwich with her own tips and then proceeded to tell her it would be alright and she would pray for her! I didn't get it! I mean that waitress doesnt make much and there she is wasting it on that woman. Man, people are so reckless with their money. But anyway, God wasnt there so I left. I had struck out again.
As luck would have it, the bus came by and I hopped on it because I was exhausted from all this looking for God mess and was thinking about the next thing on my list and this man sat in front of me mumbling how there wasnt one nice person in this town and about how cold he was. Well, I was insulted by that remark and I let him have it! I told him "we were very nice in this town and with an attitude like his,it was no wonder everyone ignored him. And we would be better off without him visiting us anymore. I mean good grief! What can you expect looking like you do. You have a torn old ratty coat, half a glove and no hat! Of course you're cold and why would anyone speak to you anyway, you're a mess!" Man, folks have the worst attitudes don't they? So I went home.
I barely get in the door and the phone rings. I seems that my neighbor had fallen and broken her foot. She wanted me to go next door and get her personal stuff for her to stay! Well for crying out loud I thought. Do mean to tell me that she wants me to get my shoes and coat on again, walk next door, pack her stuff up and drive 45 minutes to the hospital tonight? No way. I ended up telling her I would try to get by with her stuff tomorrow or the next day at the latest, but I was far too busy looking for God and I had some bible stuff to read for my next study and I hung up. People are so needy and self centered aren't they?
Finally a moment to relax. I kicked back in my chair and turned on the television and what came on? The news or should I just call it News and more bad news. It seems the reporters were broadcasting from some third world country saying there were some missionaries being held in a prison and the reporter was relaying that the captures had stated that if everyone wrote a letter asking for their release that they would let them go. But if people didnt write a letter to the leader of that country, the leader would ya know, make them go away; if you know what I mean. The prisoners were on the screen begging and pleading and the address kept flashing up. It was so depressing I turned the channel and luckily Seinfeld was on. One of my favorite episodes...I just love that Kramer, but anyway, who needs all that depressing talk? I have had a stressful day!
So next week, I'm going to bible study and hopefully they will talk about a real way to get close to God...Something I can do...I mean all this talk about Sheep and Goats...Who can tell the difference? Can you?