Out in left field

That's where the shepherds were.  I feel really familiar with left field since, from my perspective, I wander around a little bit unaware of what is really happening around me.  Can't tell you the number of times I've had to google something or someone because the rest of the world seemed to be on board and I had no idea.

The shepherds didn't have google.  So they got angels.  First the chief angel "the angel of the Lord" and then a whole "multitude of the heavenly hosts."  Angels are understood to be 'heavenly beings' (I have no idea what that means except they clearly aren't us) whose job is to bring a message to humans from God.  We do tend to overlook that a 'heavenly host' means an army from God.  This was a divine invasion of sorts, not a Christmas concert.

Don't know about you, but it might take a whole heavenly host to get me to pay attention to God's particular message because, as I said, I am usually out in left field.