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Taking everything in stride does not mean indifference or giving up.\u00a0Rather, this attitude smacks of reconciliation.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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In the mountainous regions of Slovakia, where there are baskets of sheep, wolves can appear there.\u00a0In folk tales, these animals, although so different, live close to each other.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The contrast between the sheep and the wolf is so great that their comparisons and characteristics have entered our language.\u00a0We say about someone that he is as calm as a lamb.\u00a0We call aggressive people ravenous wolves.\u00a0When someone is a wolf but does not want to admit the color, then we say that he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Sheep with lambs are peaceful animals.\u00a0They graze peacefully, living side by side.\u00a0They are not aggressive towards themselves or other creatures.\u00a0The wolf has a reputation as an aggressive animal.\u00a0The idea of \u200b\u200bmeeting a wolf causes fear in most people.\u00a0It is interesting that John the Baptist, looking at Jesus, said about him that he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Once upon a time, centuries ago, when the Israelites were fleeing from Egypt, on that memorable first Passover, when the angel of death went around Egypt to destroy, according to biblical tradition, all the firstborn;\u00a0only those whose doorposts were smeared with the lamb’s blood were saved.\u00a0The blood of this innocent, dumb animal has already saved human lives.\u00a0With Jesus, however, it is more than that.\u00a0He will shed his blood for us and become the new Lamb of God, who will eat the sins of the whole world as a sacrifice.<\/span><\/h2>\n

When reading the Gospels, we can realize that Jesus was a Lamb not only on the cross, but he behaved like a lamb all his life.\u00a0He was innocent, calmly fulfilling his mission.\u00a0Although we have places in the Bible where he shows emotion and gets angry, he behaves calmly during those final three years of wandering.<\/span><\/h2>\n

He walks around the country, meets people, preaches, heals, and forgives sins. In human terms, we would say that peace, love, and acceptance of others radiate from him. He behaves like a calm lamb.\u00a0He also allows himself to be brought to court, crosses the Stations of the Cross, and allows himself to be crucified. He doesn’t fight back, he doesn’t want to run away, he’s not aggressive, he doesn’t scold anyone, and he tolerates everything calmly, even if he suffers a lot as a person.<\/span><\/h2>\n

“God treats people like the lamb in the history of salvation.\u00a0He makes a pact with them and remains loyal to her.’<\/span><\/h2>\n

It would be nice to approach the mentality of Jesus in your way of life. Only if we have the strength for it and, better said if we have humanly and spiritually matured to such an attitude. It is a great thing if a person can calmly accept life with its good and bad sides.\u00a0Taking everything in stride does not mean indifference or giving up.\u00a0Rather, this attitude smacks of reconciliation.\u00a0That is difficult.\u00a0It takes a balanced person to accept one’s impotence, failures, limited ts and not get mad about it. To become a lamb is to adopt the mentality of a lamb.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Some will say that it seems surrendered and passive.\u00a0But we are not perfect.\u00a0My weaknesses and limits also result from my nature.\u00a0I’ll get angry and rebel in vain, I can’t handle everything.\u00a0What’s worse, as I age, my limits become even more pronounced.\u00a0I may be disappointed, but the best way is to try to accept my own life and its limitations (that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t take care of my health or stop trying to be better).<\/span><\/h2>\n

John the Baptist speaks of the Lamb of God, and as a believing Jew, he carries in his heart the centuries-old experience of his nation with the rescue and liberation from Egypt. In the history of salvation, God treats people like the lamb.\u00a0He makes a contract with them and remains faithful to her.\u00a0He humbly bears human weaknesses and unbelief.\u00a0He never goes back on what he promised.<\/span><\/h2>\n

As we read in the Old Testament, God is directing all of history step by step to the arrival of the only true Lamb – the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.\u00a0He calmly fulfills his mission and sacrifices himself on the cross for all of us.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The sheep in the basket do not have a reason, they follow instinct,ct and yet they know what to do. It’s time to graze, it’s time to go to sleep, it’s time to follow the shepherd.\u00a0This role was placed on them by the Creator. John the Baptist in the land of shepherds, which was Palestine, knew all this well.\u00a0When he calls Jesus the Lamb of God, he shows that the Son of God is peacefully fulfilling his mission to sacrifice himself for us.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Talking about peaceful sheep may sound a bit childish and passive.\u00a0Wolves seem more active and yet John compared Jesus to a lamb.\u00a0This is also my role: to become a lamb.\u00a0Not a passive recipient of life and a passive participant in events.\u00a0Becoming a lamb means two things: learning to calmly accept life as it is and making peace with it.\u00a0To lean on the Lamb of God, who went through the same path.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Quietly, but consistently fulfill life’s mission. We all have some.\u00a0If we are faithful to him, it is always a process in which we give ourselves, that is, it is a sacrifice.<\/span><\/h2>\n

I don’t want to be a wolf.\u00a0I protect myself from becoming a wolf in sheep’s clothing.\u00a0A third option remains: to become a lamb.\u00a0Does that sound weak?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The true Lamb of God shows one thing: peaceful progress in fulfilling one’s mission, which bears the signs of sacrifice, leads to victory and a fulfilled life with the Lord.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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