I sometimes will joke with others and say, "We never knew what we were getting into when we became parents." The roller coaster ride is sometimes exhilerating and sometimes nauseating.
I was reading the first chapters of Matthew this morning and thinking that Mary and Joseph would say the same thing. Fleeing to Egypt, moving back to Israel, but not really home due to continued threat. Starting over again in a strange town all because of this little child. I wonder if Mary allowed herself to look ahead and contemplate what was said, "your own heart will be pierced."
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