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Summary: The Bonded Family

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CHAPTER 7
The Bonded Family: Joseph and Mary
The shining example of a well-bonded family is that of the parents of our Lord Jesus Christ. Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Strangely enough, Joseph found out that Mary had become pregnant. Mary’s pregnancy was a huge surprise to Joseph, and he had planned to end the relationship quietly. He did not want to do it publicly to save Mary the embarrassment. Just as Joseph was contemplating that line of action, the angel of the Lord appeared to him and explained that Mary’s pregnancy was of the Lord. Strange as it might sound, Joseph willingly accepted Mary as his wife despite the pregnancy.
He loved Mary unconditionally, as required by the Word of God. In Matthew 1:24, he took Mary as his wife and did not have any sexual relationship with her until Jesus was born. Can you love your spouse unconditionally? Can you love your spouse despite his or her shortcomings? Joseph accepted Mary as his wife despite the situation. What amazed me most was Joseph’s yearning not to …show more content…

One day, when Idan was in the company of some friends and their concubines, one of them told Idan, “Idan, do you know that you are very stupid? You are stupid. If we had wives who were as humble as your wife, do you think we would be here? We would stay with them. We have wives who fight us on the street. Your wife is not like that.”
That statement opened the eyes of Idan and ended his sexual escapades. When Uncle Ebo spoke to the wife of Idan, she confessed that what she had heard about her husband was true but she decided to speak to the better side of her husband, the side that is capable of making good choices.
As we have seen from the example of Joseph, Idan’s wife loved him unconditionally. As painful as the cheating may have been, she resolved to love her husband. She could have chosen to embarrass him in public like the other women. That would have been the easiest way out. Yet she chose to show respect to her

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