Imagine. Imagine the anticipation. You know that excitement we feel on the night before Christmas? Imagine what Mary must have felt! Pregnant with the Living God. Waiting to give birth to the One who would save the world.
We use the analogies like "slower than Christmas" for something we seem to endlessly be waiting for, or "like a kid waiting for Christmas morning" for something so exciting it's almost uncontainable. But seriously. Can we even imagine what Mary must have felt?
Mary was waiting for this new life to arrive. I have never given birth, but I have heard so many talk about the indescribable feeling of seeing a new life be born before your eyes. Mary wasn't just waiting for this new little life of a baby to arrive. She was waiting for the very one who would give her life!
This young woman was pregnant with Life. The Life that would bring hope to us all.
Mary was literally waiting with Hope. She was expecting big things! I would like to think she was as excited as a kid on the night before Christmas (with a lot of nervous thrown in there, of course).
Tonight, on the night before Christmas, let's pause for a moment. Think of what exactly it is that we are expecting, anticipating. The special time with family. The excitement of kids on Christmas morning. The gifts. The awesome desserts. Those things are great. I am looking forward to those things! But think also of the bigger picture and how different our life is because of the Gift of Christmas. What are you anticipating in your life this next year? Do you need the hope of Christ to see those things happen? That hope is coming! It is a gift that God is freely giving us.
Let's expect big things! Let's expect the joyful hope of Christ alive in our hearts. Let's expect Him to do great and mighty things in our lives this next year. Let's expect HIM!
Just as Mary sat with Christ Jesus inside her, we can also sit with Him inside us! We can be pregnant with hope, just as she was. Waiting for Christ to come alive!
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