Bible Basics

Joseph faced every excuse pro-choice men still use today:
an unplanned pregnancy, an out-of-wedlock situation, scandal, poverty, and no clear future. He didn’t walk away. He stepped up. He protected Mary and raised the Savior as his own son. His willingness helped usher salvation into the world.

Men, that’s the bar. Step up. Be like Joseph.

Fully God and fully man, Christ took on flesh and lived among us to redeem His people. This truth is the foundation of our hope and the reason we rejoice at Christmas.

Jesus loves you!

He answered her not a word (Matthew 15:23 ).

He will be silent in his love (Zephaniah 3:17 ).

It may be a child of God is reading these words who has had some great crushing sorrow, some bitter disappointment, some heart-breaking blow from a totally unexpected quarter. You are longing for your Master's voice bidding you "Be of good cheer," but only silence and a sense of mystery and misery meet you --"He answered her not a word."

God's tender heart must often ache listening to all the sad, complaining cries which arise from our weak, impatient hearts, because we do not see that for our own sakes He answers not at all or otherwise than seems best to our tear-blinded, short-sighted eyes. The silences of Jesus are as eloquent as His speech and may be a sign, not of His disapproval, but of His approval and of a deep purpose of blessing for you.