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Do Not Be Afraid–But Be as Wise as a Serpent

Anita Mathias — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:58:17 +0000

Today’s meditation is on not being afraid, but rather, acting with wisdom. Do not be afraid, the angel in the dream tells Joseph: Marry your fiancée, Mary, who is showing, despite your chaste restraint, for in our magical world, in which angels speak to humans, a virgin has conceived by the Spirit of God, as […]

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When People Mess up the Story of your Life, but God Edits it Beautifully

Anita Mathias — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:19:30 +0000

The Flight into Egypt and the Triumph of the Innocents (William Holman Hunt) As I read Matthew 2, I realise how much misery and hassle and stress Joseph and Mary and Jesus had to endure for no sin or mistake of their own—but purely because of their destiny, purely because of other people’s jealousy. Herod […]

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