Jesus is a day laborer. Some say a carpenter. Perhaps a mason. Maybe a handyman. And Jesus wouldn’t have been able to find much work in the tiny town of Nazareth. What good would carpentry skills do you in a place that didn’t have many buildings, or many people in need of fixing or living in such structures?
Jesus Decided to go to Galilee
Round about two millennia ago, there was a man named John, a good man, full of wisdom and vision. John lived in the wilderness, and John shared a testimony of hope. The evangelist tells us that the Word, or the substance, or the umph of God predates creation. God has been here even before the beginning; even before time; even before how we ever dreamed of marking time.
Observing Epiphany
If you flip through the Epiphany section of our hymnal, you’ll hear lots of descriptors for a star that shone bright on an ancient night. O star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light!