The Joy of Carrying a Sheep

A woman loses 10 pieces of silver and if she lose one, does she not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently till she find it? And when she has found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together saying, rejoice with me for I have found the peace which I had lost. When he had found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. Now, let's think about this. Sheep have four legs and they can use all of them to follow the shepherd, but the shepherd is so excited to bring that sheep back in the fold, he carries that sheep. What he has always wanted to do is to carry us along where necessary