Little Lamb

I wrote this song when I was 13 years old after I read or was told (can't remember which) that it was common practice in the more rural areas of Israel during temple worship to make the sacrificial lamb a 'pet' for the time the family owned it before sacrifice. They would feed it, play with it and care for it like it was part of their family making the day of sacrifice more sacrificial. The death wasn't an anonymous animal but a beloved family pet.

I had sheep growing up, and that thought moved me and helped me identify a little more with why God called Jesus His Lamb, the Lamb that was slain.

It's VERY simple, but for those in my family who have asked me to record it so it is saved somewhere other than my head. Here it is.

Little Lamb
by Rachel Pruett