[Discoveries] 12-19-07 You never know -- Luke 2:5

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to 
him and was expecting a child. -- Luke 2:5*/

I have a question for you: Did Mary need to make the trip? Were they 
officially married? Could she have stayed home with her parents? Or, now 
that she was pregnant, did she get kicked out of her home? What kind of 
rejection did she put up with? Was Joseph the only one who would take 
her in? They didn't seem to be in any hurry to return to Nazareth -- it 
looks like they spent the next two years in Bethlehem and then they took 
off to Egypt.

Here's the point. Look around you. You and I never know what kind of 
struggles other people are wrestling with. How many people around us are 
putting on a brave face, but inside are in turmoil?

May the God who has accepted us grant us the heart we need to accept 
others around us, even the "fringe" people whose eccentricities may make 
us feel uncomfortable. And rejoice with me! God knows all about us, and 
yet He calls us family.

I'm glad you are part of our family, my brothers and sisters!

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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