The angel messenger, Gabriel, has another message to deliver.
to Elizabeth's kin - Mary.
Again "Don't be afraid," spoken by a being far removed from cute little cherub.
You will conceive - give birth to a Son.
name him Jesus - Yeshua - God saves.
Son of the Most High. Son of God.
Picture God inhabiting one cell, then two. . . .
God Incarnate.
Inheriting the throne of David.
King.
Mary's still fixated on that word "conceive."
"Uh, I'm still a virgin."
Gabriel - "upon you - overshadowing you - the Holy Spirit still creates" - the union of Divine and creation. Creator and created.
A Holy - set apart - unique - baby.
Run that through your finite brain and then fall on your knees.
Oh and by the way, Elizabeth is six months ahead of you - God can do anything.
And Mary gave the greatest response. So many great men questioned their call, their inadequacies. Mary was chosen for her heart and her faith and because when the call came, she answered . . .
“I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.”Have you ever prayed like this? Really, how can you pray anything other than a prayer of relinquishment in the face of God's call on your life?
in the face of God incarnate?
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