In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you!" Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end."
"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
The angel answered, "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."
"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her.
~Luke 1:26-35, 38~
The hope of Israel, the hope of the whole world - announced to a young girl who had put her hope in the Lord and believed that his word would be fulfilled.
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
~II Thessalonians 2:16-17~
May our hope in Christ encourage and strengthen us until he comes again.
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I love these verses in the Bible.
ReplyDeleteMay we rest our hope fully and only in the one true Hope!
ReplyDeleteMary is a shining example of hope and trust in the Lord.
ReplyDeleteSuch Trust and Hope in God by Mary that led to her being the Mother of our Jesus. May we always lean on our Hope and Trust. Great scriptures to read this morning.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I have faced much smaller challenges with a lot less grace. May we all trust and obey like Mary.
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