It must've been a strange experience when Joseph and Mary woke up on the day after Jesus' birth. The night before had been a big production, with the birth, the angel's songs, and the visit from the shepherd.
But what were they to do next? It's a strange and terrifying thing to be left with a newborn baby, let alone when that baby is the Son of God! When faced with uncertainty, when they didn't know what to do, scripture tells us that Mary and Joseph did what they knew was right.
When we are faced in the new year with those situations where we don't know what to do, Mary and Joseph give us the example. We are to obey the commands of God, we are to stay a part of the family of God, and remember the sacrifices that God makes for us.
And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD"), and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, "A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS." Luke 2
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