Sheep Need Shearing!
By Mark Flippo
This was a stray sheep that had not been sheared for over five years! After all was said and done, they removed 89 lbs of fleece. Shearing requires skill so that the sheep is shorn efficiently and quickly without causing cuts or injury to the sheep or shearer. Most sheep are sheared with electric shears or shearing machines. Some sheep are sheared manually with scissors or hand blades. While some farmers shear their own sheep, many hire professional sheep shearers. In many countries, including the United States, there is a growing shortage of qualified sheep shearers. Many states hold annual sheep shearing schools.
A professional shearer can shear a sheep in less than 2 minutes and will remove the fleece in one piece. The world record for shearing sheep is 839 lambs in 9 hours by Rodney Sutton of New Zealand (2000) and 720 ewes in 9 hours by Darin Forde of New Zealand. The most sheep shorn in an 8 hour period using hand blades is 50 by Janos Marton of Hungary (2003). The wool was not good for any use!
They become very uncomfortable unless they are sheared every three to six months. Since we are the sheep of His pasture, how does this relate to us! I'm glad you asked! We through the hearing of His Word find so much about us that needs to be cut away! This must happen on a regular basis! When you live in a world with this much sin in it, we need to have that junk removed. Otherwise we burdened down with the cares of this life! After a prayer meeting with God, don't you feel lighter? That is when we are newly sheared! You can feel the difference in yourself! Having a cleaned out mind is a joy! Now we can focus on the main things!
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By Mark Flippo
This was a stray sheep that had not been sheared for over five years! After all was said and done, they removed 89 lbs of fleece. Shearing requires skill so that the sheep is shorn efficiently and quickly without causing cuts or injury to the sheep or shearer. Most sheep are sheared with electric shears or shearing machines. Some sheep are sheared manually with scissors or hand blades. While some farmers shear their own sheep, many hire professional sheep shearers. In many countries, including the United States, there is a growing shortage of qualified sheep shearers. Many states hold annual sheep shearing schools.
A professional shearer can shear a sheep in less than 2 minutes and will remove the fleece in one piece. The world record for shearing sheep is 839 lambs in 9 hours by Rodney Sutton of New Zealand (2000) and 720 ewes in 9 hours by Darin Forde of New Zealand. The most sheep shorn in an 8 hour period using hand blades is 50 by Janos Marton of Hungary (2003). The wool was not good for any use!
They become very uncomfortable unless they are sheared every three to six months. Since we are the sheep of His pasture, how does this relate to us! I'm glad you asked! We through the hearing of His Word find so much about us that needs to be cut away! This must happen on a regular basis! When you live in a world with this much sin in it, we need to have that junk removed. Otherwise we burdened down with the cares of this life! After a prayer meeting with God, don't you feel lighter? That is when we are newly sheared! You can feel the difference in yourself! Having a cleaned out mind is a joy! Now we can focus on the main things!
http://moderndayparablesrcf.com