“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.” Lk2.8-11 NIV
Imagine a storyteller whose words immediately become the reality around you. He says, “It was a cold star filled night,” and just like that, you are sitting under a star filled sky, watching your smoky breath drift into the night’s air. You think, Wow, this guys good! God is such a storyteller. No one tells a story quite like God. He writes with the pen of providence. His thoughts are expressed in every movement of creation and every delicate detail in time and space becomes His literary device.
God undoubtedly loves to weave subtle nuances into the narrative He is writing with, about and for His Son. Christ is born at night, and so He comes to those who live in darkness. He is revealed to those living in the fields, which, like Him have no place of residence-- no place to lay their head. Shepherds are chosen to hear of His birth and He is the great Shepherd of the sheep. They are shepherd’s keeping watch and so he rewards those who “watch and pray.” They watch over flocks and so His principle message reminds us that we are our brother’s keeper. 12/22/2007 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
