Monday, December 11, 2023

No Ordinary Night


 No Ordinary Night


Ruth Bell Graham


Those were no ordinary sheep…

no common flocks,

huddled in sleep

among the fields,

the layered rocks,

near Bethlehem

That Night;

but those selected for the Temple sacrifice;

theirs to atone

for sins

they had not done.


How right 

the angels should appear

to them

That Night.


Those were no usual shepherds there, 

but outcast shepherds

whose usual care

of special sheep

made it impossible to keep

Rabbinic law, 

which therefore banned them.


How right

the angels should appear

to them

That Night.


Blessings,
Linda