Imagine what it was like for Mary a teenage virgin to learn that she would carry the son of God. Her pregnancy must have been

shocking not only to Mary and her family but also to Joseph her betrothed.

Today on Insight for Living Chuck Swindall continues a three-part study that chronicles this emotion-filled story.

As we examine the surprising sequence of events that culminated at the first Christmas,

we discover practical applications for our times.

Chuck titled his message, a relationship, a courtship, a miracle.

And we begin in Luke Chapter 1.

Now I know you've read it all your life,

but let's just make believe for a few moments.

You've never read it before.

And ladies put yourself in Mary's sandals.

Imagine being about that little place where she was alone, looking up and seeing the face of the

angel coming in, verse 28, so apparently he moved through the walls because angels aren't hindered by the molecular

structure of walls and doors and he moves through the wall, comes in and says to her,

Hail, favored one the Lord is with you.

She's greatly troubled at this statement and kept pondering what kind of salutation that might be.

And the angel said to her, do not be afraid, Mary. You have found

favor with God. That must have been encouraging, and I'm serious here, but a thrill to

think that an angel was sent from heaven to you to be told you have found favor with God.

Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you shall call him Jesus. Yeshua, deliver her. He will be great. He will be called

the son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. He will reign over the house of

Jacob forever and his kingdom will have no end, period.

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