Mary…

 

Mary…

A friend posted this…and am sharing…not sure she got it…couldn’t find  the original…

“Sometimes we just don’t fit in. 

I don’t mean when someone accidentally forgets to invite us to something

Or a group of friends happen to meet up without us 

I mean that kind of not fitting in where you’re surrounded . . . but alone. 

You’re tolerated but not celebrated. 

You’re used but not welcomed. 

You’re in it but not a part of it. 

You’re there because it’s where circumstances have put you… but the people would have never chosen you. 

And you know it. 

And it hurts. 

And it feels like there is nothing you can do about it. 

Maybe you haven’t been there, but I have. 

As I was placing a nativity, I was distracted by a kid needing my help. When I came back, I noticed Mary sitting alone, and I had to wonder if she ever felt that same way. 

Was she ever surrounded while actually feeling very left out?

She wouldn’t have fit in with the religious crowd. After all, she was with child before marriage. 

I wonder what Joseph’s family thought about her?  Her sudden pregnancy, not from Joseph, couldn’t have gone over well. How would they have felt about that?

She wouldn’t have fit in with the other  women. She was pregnant and yet had not known a man. How could she have even related to them?  And who would have even believed her?  What woman wouldn’t have talked behind her back?

She had a baby in a stable? 

Not good enough for so many 

Her newborn was a threat to the Kingdom?

Too much for most people to handle 

People worshipped her son?

Who did she think she was?  Surely other mothers couldn’t handle that type of competition

Where would she have fit in?  

I can’t think of anywhere. 

Yet, 

She found her place holding the Son of GOD close.

She found her place at her son’s, her Savior’s, feet. 

She found her place at the foot of the cross. 

She found her place with Jesus. 

What a beautiful reminder for those of us who might not feel like we fit in nor accepted. 

HE not only wants us

HE not only accepts us

HE desires us. 

HE loves us. 

HE loves you. 

Come find your place… it’s with Jesus.”

— unknown author 

It fits so well with the song, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uki0dkthzI

"Mary, Did You Know?"song…

Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?

Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?

This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy will calm the storm with his hand?

Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?

When you kiss your little baby, you kiss the face of God.

Mary, did you know? Mary, did you know? Mary, did you know?..

Mary, did you know? Mary, did you know? Mary, did you know?..

The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will live again.

The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the lamb!

Mary, did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day rule the nations?

Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?

That sleeping child you're holding is the great I am.

Mary, did you know? Mary, did you know? Mary, did you know?..

Mary, did you know?”

Thank YOU….

 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. 

And the virgin's name was Mary. 

And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” 

But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 

And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. 

And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” 

And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. 

And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 

For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. 

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 

This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 

And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. 

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. 

And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

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