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The Shepherd’s Story: 4th Meditation
Verse 12 from Luke 2:8-20 “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” The angel didn’t leave it at that. He gave them a sign: that a newborn is wrapped in the swaddling cloths of the newly born and is lying in an animal’s feeding trough. Every one of those poor men could picture this since their own poor children may well have been born so. Already they knew the Lord, the Messiah, the glory of God; had not been born into a palace but was like one of them! Put yourself in the story. If God is…
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The Shepherd’s Story: 3rd Meditation
Verses 10-11 from Luke 2:8-20 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. Then a great Voice sounded like a mighty bell. “Do not be afraid!” There was more than comfort in his words to break through their fear, for the power of God was with the great Angel and overlay the hillside. The men stopped shouting and stared, the sheep went quiet, the dogs sat down on their haunches and waited. And the Angel…
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The Shepherd’s Story: 2nd Meditation
Verse 9 from Luke 2:8-20 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. Suddenly the surrounding hills burst into flame against the black night and roared with sound! This was doxa, the very radiance of heaven, the light of the face of God that kills any who look up it. Did not Moses and Ezekiel speak of this very thing? The shepherds thought they were dead and so did the animals – men screamed and shouted, sheep bleated loudly in terror, dogs barked wildly and snarled at the light. Put yourself in the story. These were not…