Advent Highlight

I was at the farm very early one morning several weeks ago putting feed out for the cattle who would be coming to be milked. It was dark and mostly silent. I was enjoying the solitude when it was interrupted by the sound of a calf calling for its mama. This was a wonderfully  unexpected event to experience during this advent season. I felt connected to the shepherds visited by the angels so many years before. “I am taking care of these animals and I too will soon be visited by the Herald Angels. Glory to God in the highest.”