We know the story well – perhaps too well?
Yet, because they didn’t know the ending: Mary is confused and Joseph is angry.
In his second appearance in our Advent journey John the Baptist is no longer the assured and thundering preacher by the Jordan. By now he is downcast and vulnerable. Alone in prison he starts to doubt his message and his trust in Jesus. As his mind whiles away the hours he comes up with the question he asks his follows to present to Jesus: Are you the one – or should we look for another?
Doubt, questions, faith, trust – all part of the package.
Living with uncertainty, living with the questions, living with Jesus. John’s vulnerability and ours.
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