A Shepherd's Christmas Story by K. Denise Holmberg
Shepherds and Angels Aaron jerked to his feet. “Lo, what is that light in the night sky?” Samuel looked at me anxiously. “Yes, what is it Micah?” he said. A single star sat on high above the small village of Bethlehem. It was so bright it was unnatural. "It's nothing," I lied. I shuddered and felt for the dagger at my side. I knew it was an omen ... a sign of something to come ... good or evil. But this was the first time my young cousins had charge over their flocks. I didn't want to scare them. I wanted them to love their occupation and their new abode. Even if these isolated pastoral fields would sometimes keep them in loneliness. Samuel was stout in heart and limb and more watchful than most. He was much like me that way. Aaron was thin, but strong and tall with a keen mind. He would have been more suited for the priesthood, but his father’s sheep needed a shepherd. They both held a strong hold on my affections. We sat down by fi