Come By Faith
They had been sitting in the fields for most of the night. Their sheep were gathered into the sheepfold, protected from harm. Isaac sat at the gate watching the stars overhead. He understood little about the movement of heavenly bodies. He knew only that in darkness the moon rose, and day was blessed by the light of the sun. Still, he noted the twinkling of lights, and the recent arrival of a brighter light, he'd only recently begun to see. "Day dreamin', Isaac?" Caleb asked. He was older than Isaac, both in age, and in years as a shepherd. The life Isaac had found himself in had gripped Caleb by fate. His father, and his father's father had performed the same task. "Just watchin' the sky," Isaac responded. "Star gazin'. That's what it's called." Not insulted in anyway by Caleb's harsh reply, Isaac said, "Do you ever take note of the changes in the heavens. When it is warm there are certain lights in the sky. ...
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