Mary.  Young Jewish girl.  Engaged.  Virgin.  Chosen.  Chosen for what ... to birth the long awaited, expected, prophesied Messiah.  The Jewish World had been waiting ... for years ... for this moment.  God chose a young girl.

When I read about Mary's response, I have to sit and ponder a bit .... and then a bit more.  This morning I saw something amazing ... and life changing.  Her response to this news was based on TRUTH versus facts.  How do I know this?  Hello?!  Look at her response (Luke 1:46-56)! She uses words like praise and rejoice.  Then little virgin girl calls God the Mighty One showing Mercy and extending His Mighty Arm.  This is not a flighty response of a hormonal teenager.  This is a sacred response of one having an encounter with a Holy God.

Mary, I have to believe based on her remarkable response, saw the situation in TRUTH as the fulfillment of God's promise NOT based on the FACTS of how the fulfillment inconvenienced her!  Facts were she could be stoned.  That's pretty much the height of the consequences of this news.  There are more ... but that's a biggy!  Even so ... TRUTH trumped facts.

I love this girl.  I love her moxy.  I'm pretty sure all of this was a direct result of ... as I said before ... a sacred encounter.

My take-a-way from this girl to is have more spiritual moxy!  TRUTH must trump facts ... always!

Building moxy,
hristina