God chose her for her humility and selfless attitude. She was a woman
of truly good character, and I aspire to have such a character myself.
As far as I’m concerned, Mary is a fantastic role model (but nothing
more!)
I am in no way saying she was perfect, let alone is to be worshiped!
I’m just saying she did a wonderful thing, and I mean wonderful in the true
sense of the word.
She said yes to God.
Think about this for a moment: Mary, in her young age, agreed to
become pregnant, to carry a child that I’m sure she loved fully – as only a
mother can - but knew she couldn’t keep, not really. She poured love and time
and energy into a baby that she knew would go on to fulfill His destiny and,
ultimately, leave her behind (in the physical sense).
She would one day look up into his bloody, beaten face as he lay on
a cross, dying and you may not be able to grasp how monumental that is, but I
surely do, and that’s why that teenage girl from all those years ago - that
girl who no doubt had nasty words said about her and her child behind her back
and to her face for yeas – that’s why I respect that girl so much. Because she
did more than I think I could do in her situation.
Yes, Jesus did abundantly more than her, and yes, He is our true
role model - I’m not trying to take away from that. But I put it to you that
Jesus was able to do what He did because He was God (incarnate), and some of us
may use that as an excuse. You may say to yourself, “We can never be like Him,
even when trying our best,” and you’d be right, but we still must try, just as
Mary did. She wasn’t God and yet she was able to do so much, therefore, you are
not excused. May God give us all as much faith as her this Christmas - if not
more!
Happy Holidays.
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