He holds you tight and loves you even as you weep and fight in his arms. His Son suffers alongside you as your brother in the flesh.

O bloody town of Bethlehem, How shrill we hear thee cry. Your mothers shriek while fathers weep The graveyard lullaby.

Whether she realized it or not, this Egyptian woman was at war with the Lord of Israel. Her will was pitted against His will. Her desires were battling God’s desires. Joseph was caught in the crossfire.

In front of us, in the past, is the hill upon which God has already defeated every foe we might face. On that bloody beam the heel of Christ crushed the head of the lying serpent.

Being thrown in the pit was but one of the many smoking guns that the prosecutor could bring forth as evidence.