A poem on Matthew 1:18-25.
Now this is how the Birth began
of Jesus Christ, the Son of Man:
His mother Mary, pure and mild,
was found by Spirit to be with child.
Betrothed to Joseph, Just and Kind,
his troubled thoughts clouded his mind.
He chose to part in quiet grace
to spare her name from harsh disgrace.
But in a dream, an angel came,
and called him softly by his name:
“Do not fear to take her Hand,
for this is the Lord’s promised plan.
“The Child she bears is from Spirit above,
conceived by God, not by blood.
And you shall call His name Jesus,
who’ll Save the world, Redeem, and bless.”
This all fulfills Isaiah’s words, —
that ancient Promise once deferred:
“Behold, a Virgin shall Conceive, —
Immanuel, God with us, on the Eve.”
So Joseph woke, his heart made clear, —
obeyed the Lord with Holy Fear.
He took her home, her Honor kept,
without a single hesitant step.
And when the Child at last was born
on Bethlehem’s quiet, humble Morn,
Joseph gave Jesus His destined Name,
“Yahweh Saves” to be His fame.
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