December 11, 2016
Luke
1:46-55
The
first time that we see Mary in the bible she is troubled and confused, but how
could you blame her? Clearly, she was overwhelm by God’s proposal. How could
she, a simple Jewish teenager, live up to any of the expectations presented to
her in the words of the angel? What Mary could not understand at the time was
that the magnitude of the vision also included an invitation to change. The
vision was not neutral, the vision proposed by God would form Mary as a woman
for life. The same is true for us. Jesus arrival to our lives forms us. Beyond
been connected to a greater vision, we are formed into disciples of the living
Christ.
If you
were to compare who you are to the person you think God would like to be, what
would be most overwhelming to you? Where are you farthest away from where God
would like you to be?
What
do you think was going through Mary’s mind as she was listening to the words of
the angel?
How
would you have reacted? Why?
How is
Mary’s perspective different from verses 26-38 to verses 46-55? What change?
What
would need to happen in your life for that can of change in perspective to
happen in you?
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