"Mary - you shall have a Son"
God had wonderful news - He was getting ready to send Jesus to our world! He sent a special angel, named Gabriel, to tell Mary that she would have a baby. Gabriel said, "God has a special plan for you, Mary. You will have a baby boy, and you will call Him Jesus. He will be great, the Son of God. He will be a King forever." (Luke 1:30-33)
Jesus was not just a regular baby. Mary would be His mother, but His Father is God. Jesus is God, and He would grow up and teach people about what God is like. He would tell people that God is with them all the time, and that He was going to make a way for people to become God's children.
Mary was excited to hear this, even though she hadn't expected to have a baby. She trusted God to know what was best. She believed that God would make all of this happen just as the angel said.
So Mary answered, "Here I am. Let this baby come, just as God says."
Mary had to wait for Jesus, just as all mommies wait for their babies to be ready to be born. We celebrate Jesus' birthday on Christmas day. We are waiting right now for Christmas - it is exciting to celebrate the day that Jesus was born!
(Here is the link to the full devotional for Day 2: http://elizabethtreger.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-countdown-dec-2.html)
God had wonderful news - He was getting ready to send Jesus to our world! He sent a special angel, named Gabriel, to tell Mary that she would have a baby. Gabriel said, "God has a special plan for you, Mary. You will have a baby boy, and you will call Him Jesus. He will be great, the Son of God. He will be a King forever." (Luke 1:30-33)
Jesus was not just a regular baby. Mary would be His mother, but His Father is God. Jesus is God, and He would grow up and teach people about what God is like. He would tell people that God is with them all the time, and that He was going to make a way for people to become God's children.
Mary was excited to hear this, even though she hadn't expected to have a baby. She trusted God to know what was best. She believed that God would make all of this happen just as the angel said.
So Mary answered, "Here I am. Let this baby come, just as God says."
Mary had to wait for Jesus, just as all mommies wait for their babies to be ready to be born. We celebrate Jesus' birthday on Christmas day. We are waiting right now for Christmas - it is exciting to celebrate the day that Jesus was born!
(Here is the link to the full devotional for Day 2: http://elizabethtreger.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-countdown-dec-2.html)
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