This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about:
His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph,
but before they came together,
she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law,
and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace,
he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Matthew 1:18-19 NIV
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“You’ve stood where Joseph stood.
Caught between what God says and what makes sense.
You’ve done what He told you to do only to wonder
if it was Him speaking in the first place.
You stared into a sky blackened with doubt.
And you’ve asked what Joseph asked.
You’ve asked if you’re still on the right road.
You’ve asked if you were supposed to turn left when you turned right.
And you’ve asked if there is a plan behind the scheme.
Things haven’t turned out like you thought they would.
Each of us knows what it’s like to search the night for light.
Not outside a stable, but perhaps outside an emergency room.
On the gravel of a roadside.
On the manicured grass of the cemetery.
We’ve asked our questions. We’ve questioned God’s plan.
And we’ve wondered why God does what He does.
The Bethlehem sky is not the first to hear the pleading of a confused pilgrim.
If you are asking what Joseph asked,
let me urge you to do what Joseph did.
Obey.”
Max Lucado
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When Joseph woke up,
he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took Mary home as his wife.
But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son.
And he gave him the name Jesus.
Matthew 1:24-25 NIV