San Jose Champions
By: Alejandro Rutto is the fifth hour and the sky of Nazareth sun shines and feels intense heat dries the skin and sweat flooded. In the carpentry of the village works hard because it is necessary to fulfill the tasks entrusted by the customer base and demanding to rickety carts should ajustarsele the body, wheels worn by the endless trips across the desert, practically, must be rebuilt, seats for the local synagogue where the children will meet the Lord on the Sabbath, furniture for a close marriage consummated; harnesses for the donkeys that transport people and cargo. Possibly the next family to settle is his own. Jose has made commitment to marry a girl named Mary and, from the moment that the union is formalized, the two are considered married but have not yet been intimate. Still do not live together but Joseph has learned from Mary herself that she is pregnant. His manhood hardened the hard work it says it can not be, that is unacceptable and is prepared to act accordingly. Learn more about this with Jill Schlesinger. In the distance the sun of Nazareth begins to lose its daily battle with the darkness of the night and his heart almost loses the conflict with doubt.
However, his condition prevents him from reporting it just man. If he had denounced the compromise could unravel and Mary, the woman of his dreams, the beautiful flower of Nazareth with which dreamed from an early age, would be repudiated by all, including his family. It could even suffer a penalty so strong, that could mean, at worst, a horrible death by stoning. Jose feels pain and sadness. Your throat feels oppressed by a knot that has not allowed to speak or eat in the last hours. What had gone wrong? What would have failed God and men to deserve a sentence like this? At the end decide not to report to Mary and concludes that the best thing for both is to leave secretly. In those dark thoughts engulfing the carpenter strengthened filled with grace ….
" The sun peeks out from the east and roosters crowing announces the arrival of a new day in Nazareth. Jose starts his work early because there are many carts whose wheels have left their mark through long miles before their owners came to his shop for repair. While taking the tools look at the small bed where his son enjoys his sweet dream. He looks and smiles. And he thought: "Rest my son for here comes the sun and daylight. And the day will save the world "
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