MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS. What do we know about her?

Mary, did you know?

Mary, mother of Jesus. Motherhood is an honor.... a painful privilege. Such a blessing.  Mary was blessed to be the mother to the very Son of God!  There is such pain and pleasure being a mom. To kiss their face and fingers, to teach them their first steps, to see them grow into adulthood, to glow with pride! That is being a mom. What an honor she had been blessed with!  She was the only human to watch Jesus' birth and death. She saw Him arrive as her baby son.... and she watched Him die as her Savior.
When Gabriel the angel visited Mary it changed her life forever..... this is when she learned she would carry God's child and He would be the Messiah!  Her response was amazing. "I am the Lord's servant... May it be to me as you have said."  We can only imagine that even if she had known all she would suffer as Jesus' mother , Mary would still have given the same response. Are you, like Mary, available to be used by God?  God's best servants are often ordinary people who make themselves available to Him. Her response to the unexpected showed her amazing character. How do we respond to change in our plans?