Dumb sheep

I've been thinking about those sheep that were in the parade. There were those sheep, hundreds of people sitting along the street, and the sheep keep steering away from the middle of the street. See, I think they would be afraid of all those people but they seem to not notice them. Then the dog would circle the straying sheep and bring it back to the herd. Isn't God good? We are dumb as sheep and need a shepherd. When we wander off the path God has set us on, he sends His Shepherd's dog (the Holy Spirit) to gently urge us back onto the right path. Sheep are followers, not leaders, and they are trusting. Sheep people usually have a goat with the herd because the goat leads and the sheep follow. We need that dog to steer us back into the right path, and we need that goat to lead us down that path. I don't think God will mind the analogies.