Merry Christmas!

It’s almost Christmas. I just realized today, that there are FOUR days left!! I absolutely love Christmas. I love just about (except for the traffic!) everything. The feelings, the smells, the snow, and most importantly, the reason for the season, Jesus. A long time ago, in a little, itty, bitty, town God choose a young woman to be the mother of His Son. I can only admire Mary’s reaction to God’s request.

Luke 1:38

³⁸ Mary answered, “I am the Lord’s servant. Let everything you’ve said happen to me.”

 Granted, she was a little confused and had a very reasonable question to ask.

Luke 1:29

²⁹ She was startled by what the angel said and tried to figure out what this greeting meant.

Luke 1:34

³⁴ Mary asked the angel, “How can this be? I’m a virgin.”

But that was it. After her initial, completely understandable reaction, she told God, yes. I can honestly say that I do not have that reaction when God asks me to do something. I’m the one saying, ok, but… I want to work on being more like Mary. No hesitation. Once she finds out what it is God wants, and hears that He will handle the logistics, she simply says, ok. Let’s do this. Wow. Just wow. What an inspiration. Never mind the fact that she carried, in her womb, God’s one and only Son. The Savior of the entire world. Forget all that. Forget the fact that she was a virgin, forget that she wasn’t married, forget all the ways it shouldn’t have been possible for this to happen. She simply said “I am the Lord’s servant.”

Are we the Lord’s servants? Do we do what is asked of us without hesitation? Well, at least we have a patient God who has been proven time and again to be patient with His Chosen people. Otherwise, I would be in trouble. I am resistant to change. I don’t like being told when I am doing something wrong. I don’t like to have to correct a wrong behavior. I am working on changing this. But it’s an immediate reaction from me to deny, resist, and otherwise say, “Nope, I’m good. I’m not doing that.” It’s a painful lesson to learn. I can only hope and pray to someday be like Mary. I can only pray to someday be as immediately accepting of His will for my life. May we all reach that point. God Bless everyone on this most special time of year and have a wonderful, and very Merry Christmas!!!

Luke 1:26-38

²⁶ Six months after Elizabeth had become pregnant, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee. ²⁷ The angel went to a virgin promised in marriage to a descendant of David named Joseph. The virgin’s name was Mary.

²⁸ When the angel entered her home, he greeted her and said, “You are favored by the Lord! The Lord is with you.”

²⁹ She was startled by what the angel said and tried to figure out what this greeting meant.

³⁰ The angel told her,

“Don’t be afraid, Mary. You have found favor^[a] with God.
³¹ You will become pregnant, give birth to a son,
and name him Jesus.
³² He will be a great man
and will be called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him
the throne of his ancestor David.
³³ Your son will be king of Jacob’s people forever,
and his kingdom will never end.”

³⁴ Mary asked the angel, “How can this be? I’m a virgin.”

³⁵ The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come to you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy child developing inside you will be called the Son of God.

³⁶ “Elizabeth, your relative, is six months pregnant with a son in her old age. People said she couldn’t have a child. ³⁷ But nothing is impossible for God.”

³⁸ Mary answered, “I am the Lord’s servant. Let everything you’ve said happen to me.”

Then the angel left her.

 

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