The Shepherds of Bethlehem – Meditation 3

Christmas Meditation

The Shepherds of Bethlehem

Third Meditation

Rejoice

          When the shepherds told of the apparition of angels, their stories were spread as jokes.  There was much laughter, and they were told that they had stayed in the fields too long.  Those of Earth had moved too far from The Garden.  People had become more of Earth and matter than of Spirit.  So, all but a few of the elderly and the children closed their ears to the stories carried by the shepherds.  Still, the refusal to accept the fact did not alter the truth.  Angels delivered the Word of God to those of Earth through the shepherds of Bethlehem that night when light, song, and angels filled the hillsides.