“After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. 18 All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished.” [Luke 2:17-18 NLT]
Isn’t that always the way it is. When something is wonder-full, you just must tell someone about it?
That’s what happened with the shepherds. First there was the angel and the bright light. Then the announcement about the babe, followed by heavenly praise. They’d raced through the streets, searching to find what the angel promised. And when they found Him, they are racing through the streets again, this time telling everyone about their experience.
Maybe by now it was morning, and the shepherds weren’t actually banging on doors, waking people up to tell them what they had seen. Still, it must have seemed strange to see a bunch of shepherds away from their sheep, in town, talking about angels and bright lights in the sky and a baby who is Christ, Jesus, the Lord. Luke simply says that people were amazed at what the shepherds had to say to them.
That made me stop for a second and ask myself, when was the last time I was so filled with wonder from being in the presence of the Lord that I had to tell people about it.
Wonder is contagious. It must be shared. Wonder of wonders!
