Comments on: Luke 1:26-38 (NIV) http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/11/08/luke-126-38-niv/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:58:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Amy Dickman http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/11/08/luke-126-38-niv/#comment-608 Amy Dickman Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:07:06 +0000 http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/11/08/luke-126-38-niv/#comment-608 Hey Dave, I read your blog yesterday and it really stuck with me. Fear is a big issue for me. I didn’t have that much fear before I had kids. It was like when I had them I soon started to feel like hey I have to take care of myself because these little babies need me. It was like death wasn’t even in my thought life before. But now I am aware of my possibility and I’ve got to hand that fear over to God. It may sound funny but I was only 19 when I had Charley and I wasn’t really thinking about anything else besides myself and what fun thing Nick and I were going to do that weekend. Now if I let it fear can ruin my day. In the digging deeper when Jesus said “Don’t be afraid” It was almost as if He was saying right to me. I need to remember that, don’t be afraid because God is a loving and giving God. He wants to see me do well. I guess I’m trying to say, that scripture and your blog were exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for all you do. The neighborhood ladies and I have prayed for your brother and we will continue to keep you and him in our prayers. Have a blessed day, Amy D. Hey Dave,
I read your blog yesterday and it really stuck with me. Fear is a big issue for me. I didn’t have that much fear before I had kids. It was like when I had them I soon started to feel like hey I have to take care of myself because these little babies need me. It was like death wasn’t even in my thought life before. But now I am aware of my possibility and I’ve got to hand that fear over to God. It may sound funny but I was only 19 when I had Charley and I wasn’t really thinking about anything else besides myself and what fun thing Nick and I were going to do that weekend. Now if I let it fear can ruin my day. In the digging deeper when Jesus said “Don’t be afraid” It was almost as if He was saying right to me. I need to remember that, don’t be afraid because God is a loving and giving God. He wants to see me do well. I guess I’m trying to say, that scripture and your blog were exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for all you do. The neighborhood ladies and I have prayed for your brother and we will continue to keep you and him in our prayers.

Have a blessed day, Amy D.

]]> By: Debbie http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/11/08/luke-126-38-niv/#comment-606 Debbie Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:02:28 +0000 http://findinggrace.com/blog/2007/11/08/luke-126-38-niv/#comment-606 Sometimes, I wish that an angel would just come and announce my future for me...or tell me what to do about some issue I am facing. You know, like Mary got. Except that the angel's message to Mary certainly did not simplify her life! Sure, she got to be Jesus' mother and is in the Bible, etc. But for a teenage girl in that time to be faced with the life change the angel Gabriel announced...I don't think I am all that eager for that kind of angel message! Not to mention all the "how am I going to tell my parents?" initial trauma, she had to ride a donkey a long way when she was nine months pregnant...and that was just the start of a long, 33-year journey of Mary "pondering" all that God was doing through her Son. Instead of wishing I had an angel messenger telling me what I want to know, Mary's response to the angel's message is what I try to keep in my mind as a prayer..."Whatever you want from me, Lord, I am willing." Sometimes, I wish that an angel would just come and announce my future for me…or tell me what to do about some issue I am facing. You know, like Mary got.
Except that the angel’s message to Mary certainly did not simplify her life! Sure, she got to be Jesus’ mother and is in the Bible, etc. But for a teenage girl in that time to be faced with the life change the angel Gabriel announced…I don’t think I am all that eager for that kind of angel message! Not to mention all the “how am I going to tell my parents?” initial trauma, she had to ride a donkey a long way when she was nine months pregnant…and that was just the start of a long, 33-year journey of Mary “pondering” all that God was doing through her Son.
Instead of wishing I had an angel messenger telling me what I want to know, Mary’s response to the angel’s message is what I try to keep in my mind as a prayer…”Whatever you want from me, Lord, I am willing.”

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