Imagine your super tired its been a very busy day. Before you knew it, it was time to go to work again. So your back on this mountainside its the middle of the night and its pitch black.  This is nothing new you have been doing this job for 10 years, you know every sound. You can recognise the sounds of the bats and the owls that come out each night. You've developed night vision even though its pitch black. As you look up the stars are shining so beautifully though tonight they seem to be brighter than usual.

Your feeling quite sleepy, you tried to sleep but the baby has kept you up most of the day. You think to yourself nothing ever happens the sheep will be fine I might just curl up and take 40 winks. Your not on your own there are one or two others on the mountainside as well looking after their sheep. They have all disappeared too, if anything happens for sure they will sound the alarm. So you lay down on your sack that you use to catch the sheep in if they run away. You lay your head down.

No more than 5 minutes could not have passed and your woken up by a sudden there is a massive flash of lightening and a huge great big bang. Is this the end of the world you think to yourself. You can hardly open your eyes as their is this piercing bright white light. As you start to get up you see another couple of shepherd have been drawn towards the light. So there you are standing in this massive light show, you start to distinguish it is a great big massive figure. There voice is nothing like you have heard before, you can just about make out the words. They are calling themselves the Angel Gabriel and talking about some news that is happening right now. Something about a baby being born this night who is the saviour of the world. This is what they say; "Do not be afraid, I bring you good news of great Joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." Well that was easy said than done of course your frightened anyone else would be. Nevertheless this sounds like amazing news, you say to yourself "Born to us, I am only a shepherd, no surely this king and saviour has come for the important people.  Still I must go with the other shepherds and see this baby that has been born tonight All of a sudden what looks like a bright army with the angel they look like thousands of stars but as you look again they are angels as well and they are singing . The sound is the most beautiful thing you have ever heard, once again you listen closely they are singing. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favour rests." As the singing finishes you all stand their shocked to the core, "What just happened, were we dreaming ?" "Let's go and find out, come on lets quickly go into town, lets see if we can find this baby they were talking about then we will know."

This I believe was the second painting in the Christmas collection. There was a time when I would produce a Christmas painting once a year. So that I would have my own personalised Christmas card. I loved sending a unique card that they would only get from me. Eventually this card was added into the Christmas pack. It is an actual favourite of people who I have sent cards to. I have recent put in the forum on my website a discussion about is Christmas Supernatural. I believe as that we have lost the Supernatural and Spiritual elements of Christmas. In this statement I include those who call themselves Christians.  As you will see in this painting there are more than one Angel. It is true that the background is quite dark. 

This is because the event happened at night. On the fields there in Bethlehem it would have been pitch black.  The shepherds would have been out all night looking after their sheep, protecting them against any sheep stealers. We have often heard the carol that says Shepherds watching their flocks by night. Above I imagine the scene. The fact that the angels appeared to lowly shepherds is so significant, in essence he was saying I am for everyone rich and poor even though I am a king. The event it's self was a supernatural moment imagine the sky being lit up with angels. This is more incredible than anything you would ever see on TV. Netflix does not have the monoply on the supernatural, everything about Jesus and his kingdom is supernatural I will be writing more about this in future blogs.