Imagine you are Mary, a young girl just minding your own business in Jerusalem going through the motions , and a strong faith in God. When all of a sudden an angel appears in front of you, greeting you and saying “ Do not fear Mary, you have found favor with God, you will become pregnant and give birth to a son and name him Jesus, he will be a great man and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. Your son will be king of Jacobs people forever and his kingdom will never end. You question how can this be since I have been with no man?, The angel answers “ The Holy Spirit will come on you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will never fail” The Angel says, “ I am the Lords servant, may it be done to me according to your word “ you say and the Angel leaves you. You are left to process this incredible news that also terrifies you, and you get ready to leave to visit Elizabeth in Judea to see if it’s really true. You soon find out it is very true and you have a conversation with your cousin about what it all means. You take a deep breath and begin to praise the Lord
“ My Soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant, from now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty one has done great things for me- holy is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. He has performed mighty deeds with his arm, he has scattered those who are proud in their inn most thoughts, he has brought down rules from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised his ancestors”. You then stay with her for three months pondering everything and soaking it all in before returning home to Nazareth, all the while feeling the child grow within you more and more each day and its beginning to be a little harder to keep it a secret from everyone.
Then a decree comes from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all of the Roman World, and everyone should go to their own town to register. Joseph’s hometown was Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David, You were getting close to the time the baby was to be born but you were not going to let him travel alone, so the two of you start on the Journey to Bethlehem, on a donkey, Joseph leading. It was very uncomfortable traveling all that way on a donkey, the baby constantly moving around inside of you. We arrive in the town of Bethlehem and the time comes for him to be born but there was no room for us at the inn, so Joseph found a barn and there in that cozy little stable, I gave birth to my first born son wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in the manger. His first cry was music to my ears, the world didn’t know the truth was as pure as a child, and mercy was meek and so mild.
That baby became the savior of the world, from a humble beginning to a crown of endless glory.
Many times in history a baby becomes a king but only once did a King become a baby – Anonymous
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