Even though Mary and her friends probably hoped to be the longed for Messiah's mother, Gabriel's interruption in her life must have been amazing: "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, and be called 'Son of the Highest'." (The Message) (Luke 1:18-38)
It's a wonder that she only asked a practical question about how this is going to work, and then said, "O.K." But really God had been working all her life and even in her lineage to prepare her for this day. She didn't even argue about being called a "favored one" or about him saying, "The Lord is with you". She was one of God's "chosen people" and had personally decided to be a "bondslave of the Lord".
But then in answer to Mary's question, the angel played two trump cards. He explained that the Holy Spirit would be the One to conceive this child in her and that "the impossible" had already been done in her family. Elizabeth was now six months along in that surprise, long awaited pregnancy. Gabriel summed it all up with "for nothing will be impossible with God".
That evidently settled all questions for Mary. And it will for us. Nothing is impossible with God!
Thank you, Father.
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