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Mary, the Mother of Jesus

Luke 1:37&38
"37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to Thy word. And the Angel departed from her."

We are studying Women of Faith in the Holy Bible! Last week we finished with Paul's writing about the body of Christ in First Corinthians. God intended the Church to have HARMONY and EQUALITY! Christ is the Head of the whole church; He presides over all; and all its members sustain to each other, depend upon each other. We are all Christians.

This week we are going to study Mary, the Mother of Jesus! Also known as St. Mary or the Virgin Mary. She is venerated in the Christian church since the apostolic age and is a FAVORITE subject in Western art, music, and literature. She is beloved by the world today, but it was not always that way. In the beginning she was a young poor girl living in a small town in the middle of NOWHERE. She is one of the last people you or I would consider for the position of Mother of GOD!

She would have had few prospects for her future and then the Angel of the Lord visited her. The Holy Ghost conceived the baby Jesus in her womb. Her standing in the world dropped futher as she became a pregnant unwed mother. This is where we join the record of events in the Gospel of Luke for today's verses; "For with God NOTHING shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the HANDMAID of the Lord; be it unto me according to THY word. And the Angel departed from her." Mary accepted GOD'S plan for her; "Behold the HANDMAID of the Lord." Handmaid is a personal maid or female servant. Some translations will use the word "slave" here. Mary has clearly said that she is subservient to what GOD needs. She is willing to do whatever it takes and pay whatever the price to do what is required of her. She is blessing GOD with her service. Can you or I wrap our minds around what she is committed to doing?
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