Tonight we studied joy. We looked at the life of Mary, Jesus’ mother and saw how she displayed joy in the most confusing of times. We learned that this type of joy is not dependent on our circumstances, instead it is trusting in the Lord and finding hope in him no matter what. Mary’s honor of being the Messiah’s mom was not as glamorous as one my think. It was down right scary. She could have been killed for being pregnant as a single girl. Even if she wasn’t the chances were very good that Joseph would leave her, her family would disown her and she would be faced to raise a baby at a young age all by herself. Even though these were the consequences she could have faced she accepted her calling and humbly obeyed. She not only accepted her calling but she rejoiced in it. She knew the Lord would be faithful to her and she trusted Him enough to have joy in even the scariest of times. In the end we know that the Lord was faithful to her and He did not let any of the things happen, but let us not forget that Mary had to watch her precious baby boy die a painful and humiliating death only a short 33 years later. Though we should not worship Mary as divine we should definitely recognize her as a woman who possessed remarkable character, faith and joy in the midst of incredible and often challenging circumstances.
Stay tuned for pictures of last night’s activity! We had fun learning how the Lord cleans out the ‘goop’, fills us with His light and allows the joy that can only come from Him shine through. Can you guess what we did?
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