Had Mary been filled with reason There d have been no room for the child. Yes, it s true this is an irrational season. Let s stop to think of all the irrational things we do during this hectic month of December. Start with shopping for gifts for everyone under the sun, throw into that decorating, holiday open houses, gathering at relative s homes and a few more parties. Any other time of the year just one of these activities would be enough to keep us busy for a month but we push them all into one month, the month of December, the month Christians know as Advent.
Love is irrational.
Love pushes us to continue to give and give to others, and that is what we are doing when we occupy our time with all those activities. We love the people for whom we buy gifts, we love our families and our homes, so we decorate. Yes, even in our frenzied pace and crazy schedules, I believe that every action we put forth is under-girded with love and sometimes that love acts irrationally. Think of Joseph, his love for Mary was irrational. It was a risk to love a peasant girl who was pregnant with child.