Shepherds.
When I think of shepherds I imagine shepherds just like the ones that I read about in the Bible. I can imagine other things like nice dogs, shepherd's pie but when I close my eyes, I see those men in front of me with their rod and their packed lunch. What do you think of when you hear the word shepherd? Shepherds were watching over their flocks, day and night. Same kind of routine, leading their sheep, keeping them safe, watching over them, continuing to count. Run after a sheep that has got lost. I read somewere that Shepherds were not treated with all the dignity and respect many other professions had. In fact, it was above the lowest common denominator in the ancient world. Some said about shepherds, "you hope your daughter wouldn't marry one". If something got missing, people used to say: Check with the shepherds they might "have" it. To be a shepherd was, lonely, cold at night, not well paid and dirty. One cold and lonely night in the...