Who would conceive
of Jesus 
through tales of
lewdness and woe?

And even if they did,
who could achieve it,
so those 
who receive him
bring willing
praise
to the One 
who makes
the worst of us 
good?

Nothing thwarts 
God’s plans to save.
Nobody and nothing
gets in his way.
None tell the story
he tells.

Only the Almighty
has the power
and kindness
to turn renegade 
rebels
into passionate 
lovers.

Written after reading
the stories of Joseph and Judah
in Genesis 37-38.

(For the rest-of-the-story of Joseph and Judah, click here for my devo today, “The Inside Track to the Best Life.”)