Keeping to the Plan

For their 50^th Wedding Anniversary my friends planned a trip to Germany, followed by a family gathering celebration at an island destination. The Coronavirus outbreak has caused a dilemma because the events are scheduled for Spring, the arrangements are made…and paid for. It’s easy for those of us who have no travel plans to question the travel decisions of others and my first thought was they should cancel the trip and not chance exposure to the virus and getting stranded outside the US. However, my second thought was Mary and Joseph, “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. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:4-7 NIV). Thank goodness Mary didn’t cancel the scheduled Bethlehem trip!