You’ll Never Amount to Anything

Last week we looked at Zechariah and Elizabeth, a couple disappointed by life because they couldn’t have kids, find out from God’s angel that God was going to bless them with a baby (John the Baptist). Today we continue our look at the story of Jesus through the Gospel According to Luke, the third book of the New Testament and we see a similar story. The angel Gabriel is making another birth announcement, but this time he’s talking to Mary.

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel came to her and said, “Rejoice, favored woman! The Lord is with you.” But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be. Then…