Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25
Mary is pregnant; Joseph comes up with a contingency plan, and an angel throws new information into the mix that changes everything. Do you feel the frenzy in the story? That underlying sense that if one thing goes wrong, the entire narrative will erupt into chaos? Or is that just the Christmas Eve anxiety seeping in?
In these last few days before Christmas Eve, we, like Joseph, receive a call to faithfulness, to notice the signs before us, listen to the messengers among us, and follow.