Posted by: mhaley
on Oct 25, 2011
"When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said." Luke 1:44
I want to take you back, over 2000 years ago, to a small town with a teenage girl, Mary. She is entrusted with a Promise that has been delivered by an angel. God places that promise within Mary; she is to give birth to Christ. It defies all logic; all reason. It seems out of context; it looks like she is dishonored. She ponders the word given by the angel; the message that she is highly favored and loved by God. She chooses to believe. No one really knows for awhile about the Promise in Mary. The ones that do, find it impossible to believe. It's a huge gift, but carrying and explaining such a Gift is difficult. Staying among the people who have known her and viewed her as a child with nothing significant yet to offer, makes it impossible for her to have the right perspective of herself--seeing herself from God's horizon. How will she gain that proper vantage point?
