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What if Mary
What if Mary said, "no, it’s too much Lord, I’m not worthy enough, not good enough, another would be far better."
What if Mary said, “I’m too young. I’m not ready to carry a child, to be a mother. I had other plans to accomplish first.”
What if Mary had said, “I’m too afraid. I can’t bear the shame regardless of the future reward and lives redeemed."
What if Mary said, “But I’ll be scorned, rejected, the cost is far too great. I need friends and family. I can’t bear this alone.”
What if Mary said, “I can’t bear the responsibility and burden of raising such a holy child, the God-man, the Messiah. I don’t know enough. I’m not patient enough, I don’t know how."
What if Mary had said, "No, find someone else?
But instead Mary said yes. She said yes because her soul exalted God alone. Yes because He had chosen her, humble, poor, and lowly though she was. Yes because this was her God-appointed, divine calling. She had been born for “such a time as this.” Yes because she was about God’s work. Yes because she was a recipient of God’s abundant mercy and this was God’s most extravagant gift of mercy yet. Yes because this was hope for eternity. Yes, because her desire was to please God alone.
I’m not exalting Mary above being a true follower of Jesus. Mary was willing to be used, willing to live radically for her God, and willing to surrender to the cost of following God. What has God called you to today? Are you willing to say, YES?
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