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You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. Gabriel reassured her though, " Do not be afraid, Mary you have found favor with god. Mary was troubled, I think i would be too, if an angel appeared, and began to tell me that me that I am highly favored." I probably thought it was some kind of joke or something. Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be." (Luke 1:28-29) " Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you". She had great faith, especially being such a young girl.- She wasn't a middle aged woman who had experienced the world, but she had great faith.ĭuring the period of her engagement with Joseph, when he was establishing himself and a home for Mary and a future family, Mary was visited by an angel, Gabriel.

12 -14 sounds young for out time to become a mother, but this was common during this time.We know that she was of childbearing age, but if she was any older than 14, she would be considered as too old for marriage in her culture. when they did have it all together, they would typically seek out a much younger girl, that way they were strong enough to bear and raise lots of children.Mary was likely to be somewhere between 12 and 14 years old during this time. You see, it took many years for men to establish themselves enough to support a wife and a family. Times were different back then - the engagement period wasn't a time to figure out the wedding dress, color of napkins or Dj's for the reception. She became engaged to be married to Joseph, a carpenter. Mary was a teenage girl where we come into 'view' of her story- she had her usual chores of fixing the food, feeding the animals washing clothes and such. Within the last few years I have really become attached to the song, it touches on Mary- and what was going on when she had Jesus. One of my favorite Christmas songs is "A Baby Changes Everything," by Faith Hill. These aren't just characters that just 'appeared' - but these were people that had a life, walked around here on earth and had something miraculous happen, and then had to go from there.

Throughout my life I have heard the nativity story many times, but never really thought twice about the people that were there when Jesus was born.