“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.” Luke 2:8 NIV
Famous has two jobs each day while I am away at the hospital. He keeps guard at the house, and he watches over his menagerie of stuffed animals. These are important duties that he takes very seriously. The house is his castle which he defends from garbage, mail, and delivery trucks. And then there are his charges that he knows by name: Blue, Foxy, Pup-Pup, Duck, Rabbit, and Tiger. Once the day is over and I return, he proudly shares one of them with me at the front door.
God interrupts our lives every day, but not in the way He did with the shepherds at the time of Jesus’ birth. They were working, doing what they had learned in order to make a living. And very likely they returned to their duties in the fields after they had visited the holy nativity. It would not be wise for us to abandon all of our efforts and sit around waiting for divine epiphanies. Even monks who are devoted to God’s service have chores which occupy their time. But God does come to us, and we should expect his divine message to arrive, sometimes suddenly, and sometimes with startling results.
Help me to understand the importance of my daily tasks as a vehicle for Your advent.
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