12/25 Luke 2:18-20
All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, 19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. 20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.
JOY
Overwhelmed with joy the shepherds returned to their sheep. They had witnessed the birth of the Messiah and were simply elated about God including them in His birth story. They were nobody and nothing and yet they Lord graced them with great favor making them eyewitnesses of the birth of the Christ child. Jesus is born in Bethlehem.
