If you look at the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1, you find that Jesus comes from a family with skeletons in the closet.
You find Tamar, a women who disguised herself as a prostitute and slept with her father-in-law Judah, because of a broken promise in the family.
Later we find Rahab, another prostitute.
Ruth, a women who was not even a Jew, owns a place in Jesus’ line of descendants.
David and Bathsheba, who committed adultery that led to the murder of Bathsheba’s husband Uriah, are one of the centerpieces of Jesus’ family history.
I find hope that when we look back at the generations that preceded Jesus, He had a family with a host of issues and problems. Jesus, like many of us, has a family with plenty of things to hide or be ashamed of.
If you are ever embarrassed about or frustrated with your family, look at where Jesus came from. If God can bring a Messiah from a family with a history like this, imagine what He can do in our lives, regardless of where we come from.
shine!
Jason
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