What would the shepherds have been able to share about the story, really?

When you consider your nativity scene and the incarnation story in the second chapter of Luke, what role do the shepherds play?

If your view is an Evangelical one with a capital E, the take away might be that we too, should take a cue from the shepherds and "tell the story."  We might take a moment to take stock of how we probably don't do a very good job of "telling the story", and that we need to do better at "telling the story."

The cue I take away is the limited understanding of the story they would have been able to tell.

"Something happened.  I didn't really understand it, but it was incredible," is a long way from the 4 spiritual laws and the key to eternal salvation.

As we encourage one another to do a better job of "telling the story", I wonder if we might also remind, at least ourselves, of how little of it we understand.

We might take a moment to express praise and glory to God that he continues to join us in fantastic experiences of his grace.