Talk about Faith!

"You 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.  The Lord will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."-Luke 1:31-34

Okay, so you are sitting there and an angel comes to say "hi" and tells you how God favors you and then says you will be giving birth to GOD.!! What?!  Wait I'm a virgin. wait, what? ME? Why?
These are the thoughts that would run through my head...after making sure I was not losing my mind and seeing things. Then it all sets in. Talk about pressure.   How might one even comprehend this information that was suddenly plopped into your lap? With faith I imagine. Faith is something you need to see the truth, to feel the comfort in tough times, and to feel His presence.

So, I remember when I was pregnant with my first child, and everything is hard enough when you are trying to be the best mom you can be. Making sure you take good care of your body, exercise, eat healthy and preparing in every possible way for the babies arrival.
 But if I knew that God, the Messiah was in my belly, I think there may just be a little more pressure...but again Mary had the faith. She sings a song praising her God, and thanking Him for blessing her for being a humble servant. (That's why she gave birth to Jesus and I did not, in to addition all the other reasons, haha).
So she had the faith that some don't- the kind of real faith that gets your through your anxiety, the worries, and concerns. She must have had faith that everything would go in accordance to His plan since it was all in Gods hands anyway- she obviously knew this baby was a miracle (She was a virgin people!) But either way Mary is an example of faith, that we all need to see.

After giving birth to her sweet baby, she later has visitors telling her how Angels announced the Savior was born in the fields, and Angels are celebrating his birth! Wow. I bet that was helpful to strengthen her faith just a tad more!  After hearing these amazing stories, it says this in the bible: (I love this verse in) Luke 1:19- But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Don't we as mothers do that with things we love about our children? I know I treasure special moments with my kids and lock them in a box in my heart so I can ponder them for the rest of my years. Mary did this with all the wonderful things she hears from the shepherds, the wise men, Simeon, Anna, and so forth that tell her how her child is the promised One. She doesn't know what the future holds exactly, but she knows she is the mother to Jesus, The Messiah Our Savior.

 I want the faith Mary had, and the only way to have that is know God personally and have a relationship with Him. Study the bible, pray and be still in His presence. He will bless you with that faith if you ask Him for it.  Mary maybe had more pressure as we see it...raising God and all-(not that big of a job right??!! haha) but she knew this was a humble reward, she was chosen by God, she was chosen as the mother of Christ. Big job, but bigger blessings than I can even imagine.  Faith. Would it be easy for Mary? No. But because of her faith, she knew the truth of her son and trusted God's plan for Jesus...which she would later see through a mothers eyes. Death on a cross. How did she get through that? Faith.