i think i write too much to properly blog... oh well! enjoy the novels...
and just as a follow up, what about joseph? talk about a shake up on the other side of the engagement?!?! some angel waltzed into his life, too, and said, "dude, don't be scared, marry your mary BUT just so you know, she's gonna have the child of God, the Savior of the world, and you get to be his father-figure, although you're not his daddy. have a good day!" poor guy...
how surreal would that be... first off, to get your head around that your fiancee is going to have a kid... my friends corey and aimee just had their first baby and i guess it took a while during the pregnancy for corey to "get it" just cuz it wasn't instantaneous... when aimee started showing and lil' audrey started kicking, it started to hit him... now i'm sure they're both fully aware they are parents, and their lil' one is beautiful, but i can't imagine how long it took for joseph to realize that mary's having a kid... scandal... but not just any kid, this kid is gonna save the world, and the world will hate him...
joseph wanted out, its recorded in matthew... but an angel (again, fiery swords and big wings - scary!) told him to chill... it's all in God's will, regardless of what society thinks, and will always think, just do it... stay by mary's side, she's gonna need you, and you'll probably need her... so he stayed...
have i been running away, or am i staying?
madness really... Jesus loved to cause a stir...
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him... - Matthew 1:24
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how joseph could do blows my mind. i know first hand how difficult the stigma of unwed pregnancy can be... and i live in the most liberal and accepting era. hard to imagine how difficult it would be for him to say 'hey, yeah she's pregnant. no, we aren't married. and by the way, it's not my child. but i love her and i'm going to marry her and i'm going to raise this child as though it's my own." what a guy he must have been. a true man of God.looking forward to seeing you around christmas time (i hope).
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