moved like joseph. (matthew 2).

--personal thoughts--
i hope you are well today. just opened my computer as i emerge from a three hour prayer and planning session with the Lord. mmmmm....needed that!!!  sooo thankful for His interest and help as i think on bringing my schedule and my home and other important things in order. i have to admit feelings of being overwhelmed as if life is spinning out of control and have not been managing it all very well. filled with gratitude this saturday morning to know that He is interested and All-sufficient in my inadequacy. *sigh*

--new testament!!--
reading in matthew 2 this morning, i am still so blown away by the star and today thinking about how it moved across the sky and "stood over the place where the Child was." (v. 9)  what cool guys the wise men were to leave their homes and travel far and...fall to the ground as they worshiped the Child. men who studied the vastness of the universe. astronomers making the trip of their lifetimes to see what God was illuminating with an intentionally moving star. they remind me of storm chasers. but with such a crazy wonderful purpose. they. got. it. they had studied the prophecies about the Child and they knew why this star was moving and then standing still. can't wait to meet them in heaven. wonder if they really wore those tall crown-looking hats and bright robes? ;)

and then...joseph's obedience. when God said to flee to egypt because the life of the Child was in danger, he bolted. in the night. there was no hesitation or pause. he folded up the pack-n-play and gathered up the diapers and toys and ran...with his love, mary... and Jesus.... and they were safe.

i want to be moved like that. i want to trust like that. and i know it seems easier in some ways because, yeah, an angel appeared to him in a dream. but still...i admire his trust and movement without questioning or pausing. and yes, joseph and mary were blessed with very clear visual audible instruction, but we have the Holy Spirit. His Spirit...colossians 1:27-Christ in you, the hope of glory. and i know that He moves us and that we can trust Him.

closest i could come to star of bethlehem
(lighting up hope's forehead. our bethlehem hope. lol)

He moves us out of places of unrest and harm to safety. soooo thankful for the faithfulness of the God of joseph. and He brings order out of the chaos in my life. soooo thankful for the faithfulness of my God who breathed the stars and moved the star of david over bethlehem and lets me see falling stars and meets with me in the morning when i'm desperate and overwhelmed and forgives me when i'm anxious and selfish and lazy and heals my brokenness and makes me aware of it in the first place and gives me saturday mornings and sunrises and newness. He. is. good.