For some, Christmas can be a time of sadness or despair. Many who have lost a loved one or are financially strained, can be burdened by the sorrows that come this time of year. Like Mary, our circumstances may not be what we had hoped for our life, or maybe we didn't expect this at all. BUT GOD, despite our circumstances, has a plan. When things seem sorrowful or our circumstances make us blue, we can rest assured that nothing is impossible with God. It is in the times of the deepest despair or longing, that we can find peace knowing that God is working in our lives. Mary could have been angry or frustrated in the sorrow of conceiving a child out of wedlock, but instead she chose to trust God in something she would not have imagined for her life. She recognized His power in her life and knew that she could trust Him in any situation even in this unfathomable birth. May we find Hope in this... that He is the same God who is as trustworthy as in Mary's time. He is Loving and has a plan to give us a future and a hope. He can make something that seems hopeless and impossible, fruitful and possible. Although we will never experience the miracle that Mary experienced, God's purposes are still accomplished through our lives.
Luke 1:37 "For with God nothing will be impossible."
