Once upon a time there were three women named Mary. One gave birth to God’s Son. The other sat at the feet of the Rabbi Messiah as a disciple during a time when women couldn’t learn as men–there were no women disciples before Jesus and this Mary. The third Mary, a woman once entrapped by seven demons was given the …
The Cost
You (Mary) will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will give him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; His kingdom will …
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Grounding
Switching gears. Turning a corner. Time to put the fall leaves and pilgrims back into the closet and pull out all the Christmas stuff. Amazing isn’t it? We celebrate Thanksgiving, and before the turkey left-overs are finished, we are moving on the the next celebration. Christmas. It’s been like this every year of my life. Nothing has changed. The dates …
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Elizabeth’s Doorstep
Mary of Nazareth ……It is her humanity that makes her character endearing. Mary had been in the company of The Angel who stands in the presence of God (Luke 1:19). She witnessed a piece of heaven itself. But even though she accepted the assignment, the “charitoo” given to her, she didn’t sit in her room waiting for it to happen. She did …
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The Purpose
It’s always good to reevaluate why you are doing what you do. As I was going through my archives I found this post. This was my mission statement, I guess. I don’t post many blurbs from my book anymore, but I hope to bring this blog back to the Marys and to other Biblical characters who were used by God …
