“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 

I myself will search and find my sheep. 

I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock…

I myself will tend my sheep 

and give them a place to lie down in peace, 

says the Sovereign Lord. 

I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, 

and I will bring them safely home again…”

Ezekiel 34:11,15-16

(Barn quilt painted by Charlene Poe Chumley)