I love the story of the shepherds in the Christmas story simply because they were the least likely people to be associated witht he coming of God into the world. Shepherding was not an esteemed job. You didn't aspire to become a shepherd and nor was your family particularly proud of you being a shepherd. The work was dirty. The hours terrible. The pay even worse. They were essentially the lowest working class people in the area...
I simply LOVE that the Good News of the coming of Christ was first shared with these people of poor reputations and low stature and menial work and lowest of incomes!! What an amazing symbol it is of exactly what Christ came to do and what He did throughout His tme here...Eating with the lowlifes!! loving the outcasts!! Hanging out with the degenerates!! Healing the sick!! Finding the lost!! Saving the sinners!!
Basically loving us.
Sure Jesus also spent time in the synagogues and speaking to the religious as well....Just as God eventually revealed the birth of Christ to the wise men...But it was the shepherds who got the Good News FIRST!!
Rejoice today in being a shepherd!!
"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night." -Luke 2:8
"Love one another." -Jesus
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