Pondering Things

But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 1:20

The leap to the angel part of this verse is quite understandable. But for a few moments this morning, let's think about Joseph's thinking. One thing we can notice right away is that Joseph didn't take the Hollywood route of immediate, blowing up, self-righteous anger. Joseph also thought his decision was already made in the previous verse, and that he would quietly put her away. "What?!" the movie exec shouts, "there's no movie in quietly! We need emotional outrage and fireworks!" Well, not everyone is like those shouting, overemoting actors we are presented with these days. Joseph was doing as all might want to do a bit more of these days, he was pondering things. An emotional explosion over things isn't the only way to live life, in spite of how popular that seems to be in the social media of our age.

So, Joseph finished pondering things and got on with his plan... heh, heh, until the plan was changed for him!

Do not be afraid, you and I may have our plans changed by the Lord today too!

Bucky