Reflecting on the action of the three wise men, one cannot but admire them for their courage. The risk they undertook to find this divine revelation. On the one hand, we call them 'wise', and on the other, they start off with nothing but an intuition/inspiration and a star in the night sky! No certainty. No guarantee of success. Furthermore, tradition states that they set off alone - no convoy, no military escort. And if they are to follow the only practical guiding principle - the star - they could only travel at night. The risk of brigands and thieves. And it was not coal or grass they were carrying!
Yet, they undertake the journey. They weigh the positive outcome as far more superior to the risk they undertake in that journey. They trust the star. They trust their intuition. They trust themselves. They believe it is a divine power leading them. For placing their confidence in all such criteria, I wonder if they'd be called 'wise' by today's standards. Yet our Christian tradition always held them to be 'wise men from the East'.
Yet, they undertake the journey. They weigh the positive outcome as far more superior to the risk they undertake in that journey. They trust the star. They trust their intuition. They trust themselves. They believe it is a divine power leading them. For placing their confidence in all such criteria, I wonder if they'd be called 'wise' by today's standards. Yet our Christian tradition always held them to be 'wise men from the East'.
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