Seeker

On the 22nd day of Advent the #AdventWord2018 is #persist. To run a marathon you have to persist. You have to persist through months of training when you wonder if it will be worth it. And then there is the day of the race itself when those who are determined to reach the goal however long it takes are rewarded. Mary, the mother of Jesus, along with Joseph, had to persist through a rocky hilly journey to Bethlehem for a compulsory census and tax payment. They had to persist through whatever worries they may have had about finding accommodation and paying the tax. They had to persist in faith that Mary's baby would be the One got promised, the Saviour. If that was really the case, why didn't God make it easier for them? Mary had to persist through the pain of labour, probably knowing that many other women died in childbirth and the infant mortality rate was high. Humanly speaking, there was no guarantee of a rewarding outcome. It's only when you are nearly at th...