The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg

Author:Elizabeth Berg
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781588365514
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2006-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

JOSEPH TOSSED AND TURNED on his pallet, unable to sleep. Just before dawn, he became aware of a presence beside him. He turned toward it. “Mother?…Father?”

There was no sound, but rather a throbbing silence. Then a voice said, “Joseph, son of David. Be not afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to him, and he will be named Jesus, which means ‘He who saves,’ for he will deliver his people from their sins.”

Joseph lay rigid, afraid to move, afraid to respond.

The voice continued, “All this was done to fulfill a prophecy that says, ‘A virgin will be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and the people will call him Emmanuel, meaning ‘God is with us.’ ”

Joseph swallowed, then slowly rose up on one elbow. He saw nothing. Heard nothing. He lay back down, his eyes wide, and then he bolted from his pallet.

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