okae.. this post's for today's QT..
here's how it's gonna go, read Luke 1:26-38 then post ur own reflection after reading the rest of this post.. okie?
k.. shhh...
done?
k, so here's what happened.. gabriel make the greatest birth announcement in history "God is paying an extended visit to mankind."
mary is told to name her baby "Jesus" which means - the Lord is salvation. she is also promised jesus will be God's Son as well as the Messiah and that his kingdom will last forever.
how do you think she might have felt..
Son of God - HER BABY!
but she does not doubt or even ask for a sign as proof.
she just wants to know how this will happen.
gabriel explains, then he gives her a special sign - elizabeth at her old age who couldn't have children is pregnant!
background information-
mary was then engaged to joseph and an engagement in those days could only be broken with a divorce. any fooling aroundon mary's part would have been considered adultery. this may actually lead to joseph divorcing her or her facing the death penalty. (deuteronomy 22:23,24)
My reflection
mary has a good reason to be nervous but instead, she keeps her eyes fixed on God and says "yes Lord, i'll trust you"
she knew the big picture was crystal clear to God, the Master Artist.
it's just as though you, being so small, can only see this corner of the big picture.. you don't know what the whole thing looks like.. all you see is this blob of paint which seems insignificant.
sometimes when we're in certain terrible, horrible and eeky situations, we tend to focus on that small corner of the picture, not remembering that the master peice is in the hands of God, not remembering that He makes no mistakes, not remembering that only he can see the whole picture till he reveals it to you. God knows exactly what he's doing, so i guess we'll just have to learn to trust him as mary has especially at times when we're facing the impossible-to-overcome. trust him just as Job did, when everything he had was taken from him in a heartbeat. he never blamed God or got angry with Him, instead trusted and praised Him all the way. true enough, he was blessed abundantly. =)))
Good night QT-ers..
lol..
God bless!
here's how it's gonna go, read Luke 1:26-38 then post ur own reflection after reading the rest of this post.. okie?
k.. shhh...
done?
k, so here's what happened.. gabriel make the greatest birth announcement in history "God is paying an extended visit to mankind."
mary is told to name her baby "Jesus" which means - the Lord is salvation. she is also promised jesus will be God's Son as well as the Messiah and that his kingdom will last forever.
how do you think she might have felt..
Son of God - HER BABY!
but she does not doubt or even ask for a sign as proof.
she just wants to know how this will happen.
gabriel explains, then he gives her a special sign - elizabeth at her old age who couldn't have children is pregnant!
background information-
mary was then engaged to joseph and an engagement in those days could only be broken with a divorce. any fooling aroundon mary's part would have been considered adultery. this may actually lead to joseph divorcing her or her facing the death penalty. (deuteronomy 22:23,24)
My reflection
mary has a good reason to be nervous but instead, she keeps her eyes fixed on God and says "yes Lord, i'll trust you"
she knew the big picture was crystal clear to God, the Master Artist.
it's just as though you, being so small, can only see this corner of the big picture.. you don't know what the whole thing looks like.. all you see is this blob of paint which seems insignificant.
sometimes when we're in certain terrible, horrible and eeky situations, we tend to focus on that small corner of the picture, not remembering that the master peice is in the hands of God, not remembering that He makes no mistakes, not remembering that only he can see the whole picture till he reveals it to you. God knows exactly what he's doing, so i guess we'll just have to learn to trust him as mary has especially at times when we're facing the impossible-to-overcome. trust him just as Job did, when everything he had was taken from him in a heartbeat. he never blamed God or got angry with Him, instead trusted and praised Him all the way. true enough, he was blessed abundantly. =)))
Good night QT-ers..
lol..
God bless!
elisa
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