Advent Day 4 - Leaving Home

 
Luke 2:4-5

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

They left the home that they both knew,

A choice, not theirs to make.

Through harsh and rugged lands it wound,

That path they had to take.

It would not be an easy thing

By any circumstance,

But travelling for them, right then,

Was risky, at best chance.

But they stepped out, heeding the call,

No argument they’d voice,

For Caesar and prophets of old

Had left them with no choice. 

Another lovely photo from HRF, taken in Croatia.