Joseph was not expecting to become a father. He was only engaged to be married and although engagements were very binding in Nazareth, he hadn’t got round to thinking about children yet. As far as we know Joseph would become a good earthly father.
He had to cope with the fact that he was to be the foster father of the ‘Son of God,’ and then decide that by marrying Mary she would be shielded from shame. Under God’s guidance he did all he could to keep his family safe by taking them to Egypt and then a few years later back to Nazareth.
He taught his Son, and probably his other sons, to have a skill but then we hear no more of him. We note that he wasn’t at the crucifixion, as he was probably an older husband and had by then died. His role in God’s plan was not for him to play a leading but we assume him to be a quiet obedient man.
We don’t need to know about Joseph, but can use him as a role-model. Many of us are bit players in God’s plans. Like Joseph we just need to be obedient. I recall the words of Milton’s sonnet ‘On his blindness,’ ‘They also serve who only stand and wait.’
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