The Lamb Will Lie Down with the Lion

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

~Albert Einstein

 

Lambs. It is a miracle in our day that there is an animal so lovely as a lamb. It stands on 4 wobbly youthful legs with knobby knees, and cries softly "Baaaaahhhhh..." and is so gentle and beautiful. I understand totally why the Prophets of the Torah chose being a shepherd of these animals as their occupation.

 

When I was a modern shepherd, a pet sitter, I took a dog for walks who was of the Labradoodle dog breed.  He was a cross between a standard Poodle and a Labrador Retriever, and he looked just like an adorable little lamb with locks of curly hair that I could run my fingers through. His name is Tripp and his owners are a wonderful family who love him and even gave him his very own room in the house where he lives so he could feel nurtured. He was my little lamb.

 

It is the lamb that will lie down with the lion when the Mashiach comes and complete peace will come to the Earth. This animal, the lamb, is my favorite animal--it is a kosher animal. It has cleft hooves and it chews its cud. These are the Torah's 2 requirements for what a kosher animal must have. I can so imagine how happy the life of a Prophet must have been to care for lambs and watch them grow into sheep. This animal is delightful. I think it is miracle that there is such a flawless animal among all of Adonai's creatures.