This Fontanini Micah Figurine
stands approximately 5” tall. Made of a durable poly/resin blend. Figures made to resist chips and breaks. Hand painted in Italy. Micah stands with his hand shielding his eye from the bright light known as the Star of Bethlehem. Micah wears a white shirt underneath his sepia colored wool vest. His pants are antiqued blue green color. He wears a black belt and black sandals. His orange goat skin bag is worn over his shoulders. Wrapped around his front is a scarlet blanket. In his left hand is a lamb that ran from the rest of the herd.
Select this link to view our Nativity Accessories.
Micah:
For Micah, keeping awake in the fields at night wasn’t a problem. His mother sent him out each night with freshly pressed olive oil, just baked bread, his favorite cucumbers and some sweet, dried figs. She filled a flask with water from a large urn that served the family, and packed everything in her youngest son’s goatskin bag.
And each night she reminded Micah that he was very dear to her…as dear as the two hundred cakes of figs Abigail had given David.
The nights were times for dreaming. As his family’s flock rested in the cool air, Micah studied the stars and wondered about the life that lay ahead. His father was one of the enlightened. Micah could choose to go to school (not an option offered to his sisters) because his older brother would be expected to take charge of the family’s sheep herd in year’s to come. It would all be very simple. He would learn a trade…perhaps as a baker.
Then he could bring bread to his mother so she would not have to work so hard.
Micah heard a sound coming from the right of the herd and caught a glimpse of a young lamb, bolting from the group. The boy was a fast runner and had developed the habit of lacing his sandal strings all the way to his knees just in case that evening’s duty included recapturing a wooly runaway.
How crisp the night air felt as Micah sprinted to the very edge of the meadow so as not to disturb the other lambs. Swiftly, he scooped up the soft-fleeced animal in his right hand while the creature struggled to get free.
”You mustn’t do that again,” Micah said gently to the animal. “You’ll scare…”
Without warning a powerful light appeared in the cobalt sky. Shielding his eyes from the golden shafts, Micah tucked the lamb onto his hip. Even the animal quieted.
”What is that star?” he asked aloud. But there came no answer. The boy continued to hold the soft animal and to stare into the heavens, unable to move. Light pour from the celestial display, making the night even more beautiful than it had been just moments earlier.
And the star shone brightly throughout the night. Micah returned home the following morning, still spellbound by the miraculous sight. From his brothers, he learned that the heavenly display had signaled a great miracle that had taken place in the nearby town of Bethlehem: a baby boy had been born to travelers visiting an inn.