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Our Daily Bread - Tuesday, October 5, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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PINK SHEEP

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By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
-John 13:35

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Isaiah 23-25
Philippians 1

While travelling on a road from Glasglow to Edinburgh, Scotland, I was enjoying the beautiful pastoral countryside when a rather humorous sight captured my attention. There, on a small hilltop, was a rather large flock of pink sheep.
I know that sheep owners mark their animals with dots of spray paint to identify them - but these sheep really stood out. The owner had fully covered every animal with pink coloring. Eveyone knew who those sheep belonged to.
Scripture calls followers of Christ sheep, and they too have a unique identifying mark. What is the "pink coloring" in a Christ-follower's life? How can someone be identified as Jesus' own?
In the gospel of John, Jesus, the Good Shepherd, told us what identifier is: love. "Love one another; as I have loved youBy this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:34-35).
In words and deeds, a believer should show love to all those around. "Beloved," John writes, "if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another" (1 John 4:11). A Christian's love for others around should be as obvious as pink wool on a flock of Scottish sheep. - Dave Branon
Dear Lord, remind me that this life is not about me and my needs, but about others and how Your love can shine through me to them. May Christlike love be my distinguishing characteristic.

As followers of Christ, our love should make us stand out in a crowd.

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