Have you ever thought what you would ask Mary if  you could have a conversation with her?

Wow Mary, what if you had known all this? How did you handle the news of your pregnancy? The angel that came was magnificent. And when he said, “The Most High will overshadow you! You’re going to have His Son!”… what could she say or do?

She probably had so many thoughts racing through her mind when Gabriel appeared. How do you even begin to understand that God has chosen you to be the mother of the “Son of the Most High”? Now, Mary had to make a choice. A choice of “not to fear”, a choice to trust God and not listen to what people were going to say. It probably made no sense to her at all.

Mary reacted in the only way she knew how and that was to make a choice to accept what God had planned for her. She had grown up knowing the power of God they worshiped. She knew of His love and His provision. And if that was what God wanted for her, then how could she do anything but accept His plan?

It wouldn’t have been easy Many women who had sex outside of marriage were stoned. Joseph choose to stay on her side marry her. But the fact remained: she was the town scandal. Her pregnancy was the subject of gossip everywhere. It didn’t matter what she said, people were going to think what they wanted.

Joseph and Mary knew that they hadn’t done anything wrong, but who believes two young people who were already engaged? There must have been times that she felt very isolated. Elisabeth, her cousin understood and spent quite a bit of time with her. But outside of Elizabeth and Joseph, there was no one who really understood.

She had to trust the Lord completely. Daily, hour by hour, minute by minute, she had to remind herself that God was in complete control and that He knew what He was doing.

How can you benefit from this story? everybody’s situation is unique. There are times for everybody that we have to face unexpected events or shocking news. For some that mean a pregnancy outside of marriage. Or maybe it is an illness or a job loss. It is tempting to let those situations overwhelm us, isolate us and make us doubt God.

It’s a time to choose life and not death, that’s for sure. A time to look to God as our only source and trust Him completely. When you make a righteous choice from a heart that is filled with love towards God; God will come through for you. He is always the same, no matter what happens to you; He is right there to be there for you.

Your life may not turn out how you expected, but it will turn out better than it ever could apart from God.

This morning as I was reading my Bible; I was reading my yearly reading plan and it came to me that without realizing that when we have a reading plan we end up to read the book of revelation in the month of December. You gotta know that Revelation is the book that reveals who Jesus really is. It just came to me how significant that is, to spend the month of December reading about Jesus, our Lord and Savior and who Jesus really is.

You see, our society has made something so fantastic and incredible about the coming of the Lord, that our minds have lost much of it impact and reality. Even as Christians we do believe in the coming of the Lord and we do believe in His virgin birth. If we do not, we cannot claim the new birth in our own life. [Read more…]

We could call this the “Ultimate Gift”.

How can you choose the Ultimate Gift for somebody who is special to you? Each one of us has gone through this situation, not knowing what to choose for that one favorite person for that special occasion.

What do you do and where do you go? Thinking about that person makes you want to buy everything, but that doesn’t make any sense. No, you want to buy that one special item and see her/his eyes lighten up and tell you that, that is the best gift ever. You can’t wait for the question that will be asked: “How come you think of buying that”? It’s the best thing ever; the ultimate gift that you choose. [Read more…]

We are really living in a time where peace is hard to find. Times are different isn’t it? We keep looking back and romanticize all the Christmas’ times from the good old days. But, we are living in these times and we are called for such a time as this. So, we need to make valuable choices and that is certainly to enjoy this season.

But for many people, it’s a difficult time. Every day our eyes, ears, and hearts are being bombarded by the media with glaring headlines of doom and visions of turmoil…anything but peace.

People everywhere are experiencing all kinds of pressure and stress. And people everywhere have a choice to make—difficult choices between receiving turmoil into their hearts, or choose to resist fear and refuse to allow it to chip away at their peace. [Read more…]