Come Ye To Bethlehem

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. ~ Luke 2:8

I painted this picture for the book, “This is the Season, Beloved of the Year.” In it I needed to show the shepherds who followed the star. I included lambs in the picture because the star was a sign of the birth of Christ, the Lamb of God, and also because it was in the springtime that Christ was born. Because Christmas is especially exciting and important for children, I included the young boy pointing out the sign of the dear Savior’s birth. I thought that, like children eagerly awaiting Christmas morning, this young shepherd eagerly looked to the birth of the Savior. ~Simon Dewey

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