Remember Joseph’s dream? Not the one to marry Mary….the other one, about fleeing his homeland because the Christ child was not safe there….
And where did they escape to? Egypt.
Today we visited a church claiming to be built upon a home that sheltered the Holy Family as they avoided the violence aimed at their son.
It reminded me of being in Israel and Palestine all those years ago. While I didn’t buy that every ‘X’ marked exactly where something divine happened 2000 years prior, I knew I was in the space where ‘the things’ had unfolded.
It feels the same. I am in the land that created safety when Joseph, Mary, and Jesus had no place to go.
What a gift to walk here also.
Pastor Leah
