One of the things I love about Scripture is the way that community happens over and over again. We're reminded that we don't do faith on our own. An angel has appeared to the shepherds, but the angel is not on his own -- a multitude of heavenly host are with him, all of them joining together to praise God.
It's very different than the way we often approach faith -- we think of it largely as an individual act. But the angels are here to remind us that faith is done in community, and so they combine to reveal God's glory.
How do the shepherds react? They have seen the angels, and they are compelled to go. They cannot sit on such news -- they act, going to see what God has told them.
May we look for the chance to worship together, thinking of ourselves as part of a much larger community, and may we give thanks for the chance to go and do after we hear the Good News.
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