Advent is the season of anticipation and hope. At Christmas time, all things are possible.
From the Message, Luke 1:26: ...God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth 27to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. 28Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning!
You're beautiful with God's beauty,
Beautiful inside and out!
God be with you.
29She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. 30But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: 31You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. 32He will be great,
be called "Son of the Highest.'
The Lord God will give him
the throne of his father David; 33He will rule Jacob's house forever--no end, ever, to his kingdom." 34Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." 35The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
the power of the Highest hover over you;
Therefore, the child you bring to birth
will be called Holy, Son of God. 36"And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months' pregnant! 37Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." 38And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now:
I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve.
Let it be with me
just as you say. Then the angel left her. And so God comes to all of us, asking the impossible and simply reqires that we respond, "Let it be with me just as you say." May God's blessings be on you and your family in this Christmas season.
(P.S. Enjoy my Christmas parable, Joy to the World...) |
