Lamb and shepherd (Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Matthew 25:31-46)
I once cared for a sick and vulnerable lamb.
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When I was in elementary school my family kept a lamb as a pet. Inside the house. For reasons that are probably obvious, we named the lamb Puddles.
