The evening of Jesus' birth, God assembled a rather motley (and smelly) celebratory crowd, a group of shepherds.  Unfortunately, our modern day reenactments of this scene removes the realistic elements needed to understand a key lesson John was teaching in 1 John 4, that we can't love an unseen God until we love others no matter what they smell like or the baggage they bring with them to our fellowship.

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