Adoration of the Shepherds Plaque

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This Adoration of the Shepherds plaque depicts the shepherds kneeling in adoration and offering their gifts to the newborn Messiah. This solid bronze plaque is the perfect gift for those friends and family members who have received good news and whose hearts are now filled with joy and gratitude. Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas indeed!

A Christmas Stocking Stuffer

This solid bronze plaque measures 3.4 inches high and 3.75 inches wide. There is a notch on the back to allow for easy hanging on any wall at home or in the office. Designed and forged Germany by a master bronzesmith, this solid bronze plaque will be a great Christmas stocking stuffer!

Gifts Not From The Magi – Gifts From Pure and Generous Hearts

After the angel announced the “tidings of great joy” to the shepherds with their flocks in the fields (Luke 2:1-20), the shepherds hasten to the baby Jesus lying in a manger. Joseph and Mary look on in rapt contemplation. The Bethlehem star shines brightly overhead.  A large inn filled  to overflowing looms in the background like a modern skyscraper. The shepherds offer their gifts to the newborn King. But what do they give him? They have no gold, frankincense or myrrh like the Three Magi. Perhaps they share some of their meager rations or perhaps small wooden toys which they carved while reclining in the fields with their flocks. Whatever they gave, they gave from the heart. And such gifts are worth far more than any gold, frankincense, or myrrh.

Luke 2:1-20

At that time Emperor Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire. When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria. Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his own hometown.

Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, the birthplace of King David. Joseph went there because he was a descendant of David. He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant, and while they were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have her baby. She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger—there was no room for them to stay in the inn.

There were some shepherds in that part of the country who were spending the night in the fields, taking care of their flocks. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone over them. They were terribly afraid, but the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people.  This very day in David’s town your Savior was born—Christ the Lord! And this is what will prove it to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly a great army of heaven’s angels appeared with the angel, singing praises to God:

“Glory to God in the highest heaven,

 and peace on earth to those with whom he is pleased!”

When the angels went away from them back into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and saw the baby lying in the manger. When the shepherds saw him, they told them what the angel had said about the child. All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said. Mary remembered all these things and thought deeply about them. The shepherds went back, singing praises to God for all they had heard and seen; it had been just as the angel had told them.

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