I’ve always been fascinated with the faith of Mary during this time of year.  It really is amazing.

I’ve always like to say that Bible characters weren’t always Bible characters. They were real people like you and me. It’s easy to for us to think that they were not human, that they were supernatural spiritual beings.

When we do that, it makes it easier for us, because it means that there is no way that we can do what they did. We are just ordinary folk. We don’t have super abilities. We are just common people.

There’s no way we can do the things that they did.

But, they weren’t supernatural. They were as we are. Ordinary folk,that God used.

And that means we can be faithful, as they were faithful.  We can life lives of faith as they lived lives of faith. We can do great things for God as they did great things for God.

And so, I love Mary. She was given a great honor, but it was going to have a TON of hardship. It was going to change her life. It was going to make everything different for her.  Nothing would ever be the same.

It wasn’t the road she’d planned. It was different from the way she thought it would be.

But, when the angel came to her and told her that she would give birth to a son and call him Jesus, this is her response:

38 Then Mary said, Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word. Then the angel departed from her.

She didn’t fight, she didn’t fuss. She had faith. She knew things may be hard. She knew there would be challenges.

But she also knew God was with her.

Her fear was great.

Her faith was greater.

She trusted in God.

Today, may we have that same type of faith. That faith that says, let it be unto me, according to thy word.

The faith that trusts, no matter what.

God has great plans for us today, and each day. Today, may we have faith in what He is doing.  As Mary did, may we do. May we have faith.