ANTICIPATION!
That's the thrill of Advent - and a huge part of the joy in any happy "happening". Looking forward to the fulfillment of events, hopes, dreams. It is also one of the significant joys of looking forward to the Second Coming of Jesus. That "hope" has been the confidence and security of many who have gone before us.
Mary and Joseph obviously experienced anticipation. What an event to look forward to. We aren't privy to their conversations or how everything unfolded for them - but since we know Mary "stored up everything in her heart" we know that it was on her mind - and if it was on her mind, it logically also would have been on Joseph's mind.
I love recalling the great anticipation our kids had when they were young as they looked forward to Christmas, wondering if they'd get the one special gift they most hoped for. I want to have that same excitement of anticipation in looking forward to celebrating the birth of Jesus - and even more, I want to have a feeling of anticipation in looking forward with enormous joy and anticipation to his Second Coming. Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.
And if we think we can give good gifts - WOW! God gave us his one and only Son, literally God incarnate (born in the flesh), and God named his son Yeshua, which means "Salvation".
Thank you, Lord!
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