re-reading Matthew again is refreshing. i feel like im learning Jesus' story in a deeper way and gaining new perspectives. so amazed by Joseph's faith and obedience as he was called to get up and escape to Egypt literally RIGHT after Jesus was born. can you imagine traveling on foot (or some other very slow transportation method) with your wife who JUST gave birth AND a NEWBORN baby? what?! that's craziness. any normal logical dad wouldve been like.. heck no! im not traveling with my newborn and wife all the way to egypt (which was a whole other region from where they were.. couldve easily been like 100 miles depending on where in egypt they ended up). that takes guts and TRULY trusting in God's voice and being obedient. wow. and THEN God tells him to get up and move back to Israel which is wayyyyy north and wayyyy far from egypt. they'd be traveling well over 100 miles to get there. and then even when they get there, they have to take a detour and live in Nazareth instead. so much traveling and tursting in God's leadership. man, can i have that kind of faith and obedience? so interesting.. i wonder why God chose to make Joseph move around like that so much. so much couldve gone wrong.. carrying a newborn like that all around.
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