For many of us we have this idolized image of the nativity including the Shepherds with their cute little sheep bowing down at the manager worshipping Jesus. Let me tell you in the first century shepherds were not to be trusted and would not have wanted them to visit. These would be the people that would ruin your Best Christmas ever. None the less God appears to this group of shepherds and invites them to worship Jesus. The invitation teaches us a lot about the nature of who God is and the peace God brings.