{"id":2049,"date":"2014-12-20T07:13:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T12:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2014-12-20T07:13:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T12:13:01","slug":"december-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/december-20\/","title":{"rendered":"December 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 1:26-38<\/h3>\n

\"Mary-Mother-of-Jesus-Christ\"<\/a>In the sixth month of Elizabeth\u2019s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin\u2019s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, \u201cGreetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob\u2019s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow will this be,\u201d Mary asked the angel, \u201csince I am a virgin?\u201d<\/p>\n

The angel answered, \u201cThe Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the Lord\u2019s servant,\u201d Mary answered. \u201cMay your word to me be fulfilled.\u201d Then the angel left her.<\/p>\n

So many depictions of Mary show her as a mature woman. Very likely she was a teenager, a young teenager in the custom of brides of that day. This picture show her youth. And does Isaiah not tell us, “…and a child shall lead them…” (Is. 11:6) And Jesus tells his followers that they must become like children to enter the kingdom. Children can accept unlikely things much better than can adults. Mary’s very innocence insulates her from the unbelief that Zacharia, with his many years of life experiences, feels at the angel’s preposterous news.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month of Elizabeth\u2019s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin\u2019s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, \u201cGreetings, you who are highly favored! The … <\/p>\n

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