“Mary
was full of God’s grace simply because God chose to bless her. We have no
description of her being holy or pious or deserving. She was a virgin, yes, but
not perfect, not without sin. For Jesus to be fully the Son of Man, his mother
had to be fully human.
What
made Mary worthy of her calling was not her
virtue; it was God’s virtue. That’s why her story gives every woman
a generous measure of hope. God takes us as we are and uses us as he will, for
our good and for his glory. Talk about being ‘endued with grace!’”
Excerpted from The Women of Christmas by Liz Curtis Higgs
How is God using you, just as you are, for His glory this Christmas?
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