The Sheperds were Overjoyed!

            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Hope you had plenty to last through Christmas!

            How quickly Christmas Day came and went!  The rush of the holidays is coming to a close.  But will we forget why we’ve been celebrating?  Let’s take the JOY of Christmas and share it with others.

            That’s what the shepherds did in Luke 2:15-20:

“When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’  So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in the manger.  When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about his child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.”

            These shepherds were overjoyed at the revelation of the truth and they went about excitedly spreading the word!

            How about you and me?  Do our lives reflect that kind of excitement?  Though Christmas day is over, let’s strive to joyfully and excitedly take the good news with us wherever we go, every day of the year.  What better way is there to share the JOY of the Lord?

Don’t leave the joy of Jesus just for Christmas time.  Take it with you everywhere, every day!