The 4th and last Sunday of Advent, the big day of delivery is coming for Mary and Joseph, joy to the world is so near. Mary, an unwed mother to be at age 14 (so scholars tell us) must be so tired and gosh knows the back is not feeling so great as the baby drops to ready for birth (I am reminded the gospels were written by men and I wonder what the gospels would read if written by women?) Yet in this story we do not see anything but wonder, majesty and love of God for his children and Mary will become blessed and given high status among women as we honor her commitment to her calling from God to bear a child in this way. Joseph was brave, but Mary, my Mary was so brave. How we respond to God’s calling for us makes us brave too. We cannot deliver his Son as Mary, but we can deliver HIS Son - we can give hope to the world we live in, we can be there hearing the cries of babies wanting; we can give not as Mary and Joseph gave, but as we can give. We wait with Mary and Joseph, we wait with the world, we wait with GOD. I can see God smiling in and around that day to come, the birth of his Son, the Savior of our world then and today. Come, Come baby, bring joy to the world and peace. COME, COME LORD JESUS.
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