The Shepherd loved His little lamb,
And gave it tender care.
He followed it with His loving eyes
As it wandered here and there.

And as He sat by His grazing flock
Who so meekly His voice obeyed,
He pondered sadly His little lamb
As again and again it strayed.

The little lamb had a loving heart,
And adored His Shepherd, true;
But it would turn aside and seek his own way
As lambs will so often do.

With His gentle voice, the Shepherd called
To His loved and straying lamb:
"Come back, little one, For you are not safe
Unless you are where I am."

But still the lamb would soon forget
And unthinkingly wander away,
And not really noticing what he did,
From the Shepherd's side would stray.

Until, one day, the Shepherd took
His rod in His gentle hand,
And what He did seemed oh so cruel
That the lamb could not understand.

For with one sharp and well-aimed blow
Down the rod so swiftly came,
That it broke the leg of the little lamb
And left it crippled and lame.

Then the little lamb, with a cry of pain,
Fell down upon his knees
And looked up at his Shepherd as though saying:
"Won't you explain this, please?"

Then he saw the love in the Shepherd's eyes
As tears ran down His face,
As He tenderly set the broken bone,
And bound it back in it's place.

Now the lamb was utterly helpless.
He could not even stand!
He must trust himself completely
To His Shepherd's loving hand.

Then day by day, until the lamb was healed,
From the flock he was kept apart
And carried about in the Shepherd's arms,
Cradled near His heart.

The Shepherd would whisper gentle words
Into his now listening ear;
Thus, he heard sweet words of love
That the other sheep could not hear.

He felt the warmth of the Shepherd's arms
And the beat of His faithful heart
Until it became a blessing
By his weakness to be set apart.

Every need of the little lamb
By His Shepherd so fully was met,
That, through his brokenness, he learned
What he never again would forget.

And as the broken bone was healed
And once more became whole and strong,
Wherever the Shepherd's path would lead,
The lamb would follow along.

Thus, at the Shepherd's side he walked
So closely day by day,
For, once a lamb has a broken leg,
It will never again go astray.

For the cords of love had bound it
So that, in its hour of weakness and need,
It had no desire to wander away,
When once again it was freed.

Could it be that you are broken today,
And you cannot understand
The painful blow of the Shepherd's rod,
Nor believe it came from His hand?

He only seeks, by this painful thing,
For a time to call you apart.
To cradle you close in His loving arms,
And draw you near to His heart.

So look into your Shepherd's eyes,
And earnestly seek His face,
And prove in the hour of your weakness and need
The sufficiency of His grace.

For as you are borne in His loving arms,
And carried there, day by day,
He will bind you so close with the cords of His love,
That never again will you stray.

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