How are you coming with your Christmas preparations? Are you enjoying them, or are you feeling a bit overwhelmed? As I thought of all I had yet to accomplish before Christmas Day, I felt quite overwhelmed. Then I thought of Mary and Joseph, the earthly parents of Jesus, and wondered if they felt overwhelmed. Did the idea of leaving their home and having to travel to Bethlehem when Mary was almost due to have her baby overwhelm them? Did Joseph…..
Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph – Jesus’s Earthly Father Joseph. A man. Yet a man chosen for a special task. He was the man God entrusted with the care of His Son. Who was this man, Joseph? Joseph was a just man. A man who wanted to do things right. He was probably devastated when his fiancé; his lovely, sweet, Mary told him she was pregnant. How could she have done this to him? To them? They had all their plans…..