"Put 'em up, put 'em up!"

Courage, that's the word today.  Literally.


Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.  For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her."  Matthew 1:20  


Joseph and Mary both showed great courage.  Similar amounts would be needed even now.  Probably more than then.  I don't know and I assume that with God's grace I would have been able, but I don't know that I could have so freely excepted what was happening.  It gets me to thinking, am I the sort of person that God would choose to do "anything" He asks?  What do I need to do differently?  A lot that's for sure, but where do I even begin.  I am sort of scaring myself here.  But as a christian and a child of Christ we aren't meant to understand everything nor are we meant to try to be perfect.  We just have to keep trying to be better, we have to talk to Him, admit our faults and ask for help.  We have to ask for forgiveness and grace, but we need to try to be the best we can.  If at first we don't succeed, try, try again.

The important thing I read today was in Matthew's gospel- "Jesus came and saved us from our sins."

Halleluyer...