The Night Before . . .

The Night Before . . .

It was the night before it happened. Mary and Joseph had spent a fun day, walking and talking, as they wandered through the fields. They had gotten to know each other many months before, and they had finally become betrothed, which we know today as becoming engaged to be married.

As they walked and talked they had made plans for their future together. Joseph had been apprenticed to be a carpenter, and he had plans for a self-employed business. Mary was excited about the upcoming wedding, and was making preparations. Nazareth was not a prosperous town, but they would make it the most fun-filled wedding the town had seen! They had lots of great plans for the future!

That night it happened. Mary was at home, on her own, and during the night an angel appeared to her.

This angel told her that she was special to God and that she was going to become pregnant with the
Son of God, Jesus. That this son whom she would raise, would ultimately become the Savior of the world! Mary could have rejected this special assignment, but she believed the angel, and said "Be it unto me according to your word". This was the start of the Christmas story, which we will be celebrating this coming Saturday.

What is Jesus saying to you today? Are we, each of us, ready to say to Him, "Be it unto me according to Your word"?