Much To Do!

The days are flying by here at First Euless, and each day has some time, if not a lot of time, spent on our plans for Imagine Christmas, From The Beginning. There is just so much to do as we keep moving toward this wonderful event. I hope you will pray for us as we are in constant work and motion to make this year's version of Imagine Christmas the best yet.

With so much to do to get ready, it does make me stop to ponder what it must have been like for Mary. She was just a girl and one blessed day her entire world changed. She went from planning to be a wife to planning to be a mother. And she knew that she was carrying God's baby. She missed so many things to surrender her will to God's will for her life. And I IMAGINE that threw her into a constant state of motion and preparation. She did journey away from her family for a portion of her pregnancy. Her cousin Elizabeth was carrying a very special child too. And Mary's heart was moved to go and stay with Elizabeth for a while. Don't you know she learned so much as she waited and watched Elizabeth give birth to the one who would "prepare the way for the Lord". How much they talked, planned, sewed and prepared over those many days. But Mary's journey was so different. Elizabeth had a husband, a house, a plan. Mary had so many questions. I love this passage in the Bible where it simply states that "Mary pondered all of this in her heart." At night, did she wonder if Joseph would ever look at her like Zechariah looked at Elizabeth. When Elizabeth gave birth, did she wonder if she'd be able to handle the pain? Did she look around at all of Elizabeth's friends and family and wonder who would be there to help her when her time came? When she saw Zechariah hold John for the first time, did she wonder if Joseph would love her baby, knowing that it wasn't his? Would he help her raise God's Son? So much to do....so many questions to be answered... I can only IMAGINE just how much faith Mary must have had to trust God for all of this and so much more.