Without much effort you can envision Mary with the newborn Jesus sitting in the hay. The sheep would have been curious as they often are. Wondering what this new thing was, can you eat it? What does it smell like? If anything I am sure Joseph would have to shoo away the nosy ones.
People often ask us why we chose this lifestyle. "why on earth would you give up your lovely house in the city to move to the middle of nowhere and have to do so much work?"
It's hard to explain. But standing in the barn on a cold snowy December morning, it's quite simple to feel.
Exactly the same idea came to me, when I sometimes sat down in the barn besides the sheep who themselves lay down beside me, and then I thought: Yes, it's clear, why the Jesus Baby was born in a barn with the animals around him. I think, very few people know this moments of happiness and peace, It's entirely peaceful, the smells and the little noises of the animals.....Greetings Minna
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