God’s presence and work in our lives is a blessing under any circumstance! Even the simplest existence is a joy when we are living day to day in his presence! But beyond the blessing of the everyday, is the blessing when the Lord breaks into our everyday with an extraordinary surprise which only he can bring! Such was the case with Mary and Joseph. Surely their everyday walk with the Lord prepared them for recognizing the words of the angel prophesying Jesus birth. Not that this wasn’t a shock! But they were able to come around and see this as God’s work.
I hope that I, and we, can walk so close to God daily, and enjoy the blessing of this simple life enough to recognize the surprises of God as good, even when they come in contradiction of our plans, ideas, and opinions.
The angel speaking to Mary gave her a big shock, but in just a few sentences, she knew enough about her heavenly father to know that this was going to be good….very good.
Luke 1:26-38 is the inspiration for this blog post. In these verses, Mary finds out that both she and her cousin, Elizabeth, will be having a child because of a miracle of God. Elizabeth is already 6 months pregnant with John the Baptizer, while in her old age. Mary will soon be with child (while unmarried) and give birth to Jesus. Both these women were able to recognize this as a work of God to be shared as a great praise.
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