Biggest Show Ever

Posted on by Gary Fultz

So, God the Father called the angels together and said ” Here’s what is going down tonight… you can make the announcement. You can make it the biggest show on earth.” One angel spoke up “who gets to be there”? The Father grinned, ” only the shepherds watching their flocks around the hills of Bethlehem. They will need directions and then they will tell everyone…and one more thing, don’t scare the sheep!”

 ”Grandpa…that’s not how it happened”

  Sigh…Kids now-days! No matter how good or bad life is at Christmas, know that God loves us, was willing to become one of us, All to do what it took to make a relationship with our creator possible and give us a restored life, here and forever. This is why I think God the Father said “Hey angels come here!” I personally think they enjoyed scaring the shepherds. And, yes, you theologians can be like the grand kids and correct me in the comments section.

 Have a Merry Christmas…Gary

An eyewitness said later…”Now there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if every one should be written, I suppose not even the world itself to have space for the books to be written.” (John 21:25)

26 thoughts on “Biggest Show Ever”

  2. The story also says a great number of the angels showed up for the announcement, but I’m sure it wasn’t all of them. I wonder if they drew straws to see who got to go?
    😇 I never thought about them stampeding the sheep 🐑😳
    Merry Christmas to the Fultz family.

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    1. I have always wondered about that. I grew up with sheep and they would lose every last Baaa.. seeing what the shepherds did. I think angel David (not to be confused with the person King David) was sent to be a sheep whisperer for the occasion. I Wonder what the grandkids will think of that one.

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    1. And you Joy.
      Joy is the middle name of our very handicapped daughter. Aptly named in spite of all things. I remember clicking on your posts because I saw “Joynealkidney” wrote it. Life’s wonderful connections make me wonder.

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      1. I’ve lived with fibromyalgia for 22 years, a quarter of my life, and pray that my face will reflect my name and the joy and peace of knowing the Lord. Yes, life’s wonderful connections. I’m so thankful for social media since I’m largely housebound.

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    1. Thanks Wayne, fear is quite an ingredient in life. “Fear Not” is a great place to start though. I have found more hope and less fear at this time of year. Have a great time springing into the new year.

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    1. No worries Anna. I am offline most of the time these days. Covering for my wife who broke her foot…life stuff and best laid plans are sometimes miles apart at the negotiating table

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  10. What a delightful Christmas tale you wove for your grandchildren, Gary. ‘Never thought about the sheeps’ reaction before. But if the shepherds were “sore afraid,” I imagine the sheep were too, and ran hither and yon from the glory of the Lord that shown round about them. Perhaps after the shepherds left for Bethlehem, the angels rounded up the runaways and sheep-sat till the shepherds came back!

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    1. Lol Nancy. My that’s exactly. A long series of individual sheep adventures could be created for kids…I would start with little George who gets trampled and he went and hid himself. All bruised up and felling sorry….you get the idea.

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  11. Gary, I don’t know how I missed this delightful Christmas Eve story. It certainly warmed my heart on this chilly cold and snowy (finally) Saturday night in Milwaukee. Yes indeed, warmed it right up. If every child had a Grandpa like you, why I imagine the world would be problem free!

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    1. Thanks Deb. I wish it were true on being a good grandpa. I obviously ad-libbed a bit. Sometimes my grandkids tell me that mom and dads discussion with them is “How to survive Grandpa” Although that might have more to do with riding (screaming) in the home-made sled behind the ATV. They are learning to embellish stories and get Grandpa in trouble. (Disclaimer) They also get in trouble making up book reports on books that don’t exist…even though I did that in school…I never told them about that.

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