http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/2009/12/fourth-week-of-advent-love/ is the author of THE CIRCLE OF SEASONS: MEETING GOD IN THE CHURCH YEAR (InterVarsity). She blogs about the 3R's: reading, writing, and raising her four children. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/2009/12/fourth-week-of-advent-love/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Carol Conway Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:56:14 +0000 http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/?p=996#comment-791 Cathee Till,in the above response, made an interesting statement about the concerns of society toward Joseph. What a guy!!! His incredible love for his wife and infant are character traits which need to be modeled more often today! Another inspirational message, Kimberlee!! Thank you for the video of Jane opening her package!! It brought tears to my eyes! Love you! Cathee Till,in the above response, made an interesting statement about the concerns of society toward Joseph. What a guy!!! His incredible love for his wife and infant are character traits which need to be modeled more often today! Another inspirational message, Kimberlee!! Thank you for the video of Jane opening her package!! It brought tears to my eyes! Love you!

]]> http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/2009/12/fourth-week-of-advent-love/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Cathee Till Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:59:52 +0000 http://www.kimberleeconwayireton.net/?p=996#comment-783 That's funny, I was just thinking about Joseph the other day, not really realizing that the fourth week of Advent is associated with him. It's extraordinary what Mary did, but in some ways I almost think Joseph's actions are even more extraordinary. He married a woman who was already pregnant, and he raised the child in love, a first-born son that wasn't even biologically his. As far as society was concerned, I'm sure it would have been totally acceptable for him to reject Mary and Jesus, but instead he chose to embrace them in the midst of potentially awkward circumstances. That really is love. That’s funny, I was just thinking about Joseph the other day, not really realizing that the fourth week of Advent is associated with him. It’s extraordinary what Mary did, but in some ways I almost think Joseph’s actions are even more extraordinary. He married a woman who was already pregnant, and he raised the child in love, a first-born son that wasn’t even biologically his. As far as society was concerned, I’m sure it would have been totally acceptable for him to reject Mary and Jesus, but instead he chose to embrace them in the midst of potentially awkward circumstances. That really is love.

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