I noted Sunday that the revelation by the angel of the Lord to Joseph added the information, "He will save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). To Mary, the angel's message emphasized the Lord's favor on her and greatness of her Son. (See Luke 1:28-33) To Joseph there was a specific appeal to the importance of the mission.
Perhaps I run the risk of making too much of this phrase, but I believe it is another example of the call God has placed inside the heart of every man... and especially every dad. John Eldredge defines this call in Wild at Heart as a desire for an adventure to live, a battle to fight and a beauty to rescue. For Joseph that meant risking his life to save his wife and her child from an evil ruler hellbent on his adopted son's destruction.
Here's the CBS News report about the study from the National Academy of Sciences showing differences in neural wiring of men and women. I doubt any of us needed a study to reveal this, but it is interesting nonetheless.
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