The Bible could never be accused of whitewashing the heroes of the faith. Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, and Peter all had some pretty serious flaws and failures. When we come across a biblical personality who had no recorded obvious flaws and sins, we take note. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is one of the those who was always found faithful. And what faith she had! She was a Jewish teenage virgin visited by an angel, and told she would give birth to God's son.
I love Mary's realness. She initially responded like any teenage virgin would today. Disbelief, shock, bewilderment - probably wondering what her fiance and her family would think. She asked, "How can this be since I am a virgin?" But after the initial shock, she chose to believe God's Word. She's the first to believe in Jesus as her Savior and Lord - while she carried Him in her womb.
"All who heard the shepherds' story were astonished
But Mary kept all these things in her heart
and thought about them often" Luke 2:18-19
She is the true first lady of the faith. Do you believe as Mary did? What God's word says about Jesus is true.
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