The Good Shepherd

My sheep know my voice, and I know them. 
They follow me, and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost.  No one can snatch them out of my hand.  John 10:28

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Good Shepherd,

thank you for your infinite patience.

I want to hear you.

I listen for your voice.

Sometimes I strain to hear you speak.

Is it because I want to hear you so badly

that I allow other voices to confuse me?

Help me, Good Shepherd, so that I'm tuned in to just your voice

and I won't listen to any other.  Amen.