December 15th, 2009 
Jojo Agot 
When Jesus was born, the first people to know were not the top officials of the established Jewish religion but the shepherds who were out in the cold night taking care of their sheep. You could tell they were not influential people in their communities. If they were, they would have been in their home towns for the Roman census. They were the ordinary workforce of Israel, people you may never miss if they disappear for months.
Why God chose to reveal the birth of Christ first to them is simply beyond me. But somehow I’m glad that God did it because it gives us hope. It gives hope to people who feel insignificant and ordinary, people whose great character are drowned in the noise of the daily grind.
Have you ever struggled with feelings of insignificance? Like everyone else is important and you’re not? Take comfort in the fact that you are never forgotten, and no matter how you feel about yourself, you are significant to God. He even got your name tattooed in his hands. Go figure what that means!
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