The reminder from Christmas… Mary… Joseph… Jesus… I see them each time I go to the sink…
Mary and Joseph… said Yes to God… a Yes that made them outcasts among family and friends… a pregnancy out of wedlock… Joseph marries anyway… society assumes… judges… rejects…
I’m currently reading Luke… as a mentor for confirmation… the passage…
…runs through my mind… as I wash dishes… then I imagine the trail of gossip that surely ensued…
Similar conversations… I’ve heard countless… been a part of way too many… chatter about others… judgmental… critical…
A reminder… we don’t know… we don’t know what’s in the heart… we don’t know God’s plan… the work He is up to in the lives of others…
But we do know… each life… precious to Him… a treasure worth dying for…
In truth…
every woman… a Mary…
every man… a Joseph…
each life… one in which God longs for His Son to be born…
A reminder… consider others — whoever — with… grace… love… honor… God is at work…
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