Mary was a young
teenage girl engaged to be married. She
was a very devout young woman and the Lord was very pleased with her. He sent Gabriel to her to inform her that she
was going to be carrying Christ in her womb.
She was taken aback with this news at first, but then yielded to what
the angel had said. She was willing to
be the vessel in which God would become man.
I am sure that Mary
did not fully understand all that this would mean for her. She wasn't yet married and there surely would
be gossipers to deal with. She didn't
know how Joseph or her parents would act.
She didn't know what she would have to do differently to raise the
Christ-child. She didn't know if she
would have to make drastic changes in her life as the child grew; after all, He
would be God in the flesh.
Yet, Mary knew that
whatever was going to happen, everything would work out because this was of God
and He was in control. She believed the
message and trusted God in what He was about to do. As a result, she was blessed by God. I am sure that in spite of all the
uncertainties that lied ahead, she had an overwhelming peace in her soul. She put it all in the Lord's hands.
Just like Mary, we
need to just put the uncertainties ahead of us in the Lord's hands. We have to believe and trust in what the Lord
leads us to do. We will never face the
future alone when we rest in Him. God
will bless you with peace and joy as you learn to lean on Jesus every moment of
every day.
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