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the safety net found in my identity, even as an outcast, had to be lost, so I could be found.<br />
Shepherds breeze in and out of the Nativity Story rather quickly, but what a huge place<br />
they hold: the unbelieving believing. They are the second greatest miracle of the Advent!<br />
No wonder they went away glorifying and praising God, and telling the wonderful story of all<br />
they had seen and heard!<br />
In many ways, here I am! I am the Shepherd!<br />
**** All credit given to Randy Alcorn, "Shepherd Status" in Come Thou Long-Expected <strong>Jesus</strong>, Nancy Guthrie, Editor,<br />
Crossway Books, 2008, pp. 85-89.<br />
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