Religion & Spirituality
The waiting is almost over. We’re only days away from celebrating the incarnation of God in flesh and blood, what C.S. Lewis calls the greatest miracle. This “Grand Miracle,” said Lewis, “was the central event in the history of the Earth—the very thing that the whole story has been about.” But even this shocking intervention by God into human history could have been thwarted by humans. Herod tried to stop it but he ultimately couldn’t. Joseph could have stopped it, but he chose instead to embrace his part in the story.This week, we’re looking at Joseph in Matthew’s gospel to see what we can learn about discernment. God is still looking for ways to break into our lives, but we have to let him in. How do we discern what is God and what isn’t? How can we best prepare our hearts to be able to receive what God wants to do in us? As Christmas draws near, we’ll see what Joseph has to teach us.