Thursday, December 23, 2004
 someone emailed me complaining that i havent really told a lot of bible stories this Christmas season, and it's true, i havent told any.
metafilter had an interesting debate yesterday and someone said that Christmas isnt really a holy season, it's a holy day. that the bastardization and commercialation of Christmas has turned it into a season as opposed to a day.
with that said, i dont see any problems with talking about the birth of Jesus a few days before his birthday.
right now for example it would be pretty scary if i was Joseph and Mary with nowhere to go and the Messiah about to be born. one of my favorite characters in the bible is Joseph and his inability to do the ONLY thing that he had to regarding the son of man: find a place for Mary to deliver the infant.
to me that makes the story believable, and very Homer Simpson moment to fail at finding a proper inn or crashpad for the son of God.
i also like that King Herod was after the little baby Jesus the minute he was born and pissed that he was even born in the first place.
but my favorite passage in the birth of Jesus is when Joseph found out that his virgin wife was pregnant. in a word he flipped out. 18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. 19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people from their sins.” - Matthew 1:18 to me this makes sense and makes me believe in the virgin birth story because it seems very realistic that a religious man like Joseph would be really pissed/confused/angry if he found out that he married a woman who is suddenly pregnant.
anyway, thats my two cents this morning. i hope your Christmas Eve eve is magical and great.
bored housewife (pictured) + sk smith + my virgin bride moxie
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