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“Whenever we take on a God-sized challenge, self-sufficiency is no longer an option.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus from his book, Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment (Kindle Location 843). Kindle Edition.

That is so true of Mary when the angel told her what was going to happen to her.  If she was just going to be a mother she could handle that.  I’m sure she had been prepared by her mother and maybe grandmother to do that.  That was what she was prepared to do but to be the mother of the Son of God that was something completely different.  No way was she or any other young women prepared for that God-sized challenge on her own but she was not going to have to go through it alone.  God doesn’t give us a task without support.

The truth is being a parent is a God-sized challenge.  I have loved being a parent for these 30+ years but I needed God’s guidance and wisdom all the way through.  Yes, I had seen parenting modeled by two of the Godliest parents a boy could ever have.  But then that baby boy came to live with Margaret and me on April 7 in Phoenix, Arizona and he changed our self-sufficient lives into God-dependent lives.  Even now as a Grandparent I breathe my adult children by name to God almost daily.  Yes, I am no longer responsible for them but I still pray for them. The God-sized challenge of being a parent is a life time challenge and opportunity.

But to be the mother of Jesus, the Son of God was way beyond what any human could face on their own.  But God was with her and He blessed her and used her in such a singular way that no other woman was ever used.  And she didn’t have to go through it alone.

God has something for each one of us to do that is greater than any of us.  It is in our dependency upon God that we really will live to the God-shaped potential that is within each of us.  It is in that dependency on and devotion to God that gives each one of us the adventure of living a full God-sized challenged life.  To do something that cannot be done by us but only through total dependence upon God is living life truly to its fullest.  That is the reason why Jesus came to this earth, to give us life to its fullest.

No maybe not as the mother of the Son of God but something else that is extraordinary.  He created each one of us for a purpose.

So what God-sized challenge does He have for you?
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  1. ♥●• İzdihër •●♥December 24, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    No matter how old or adult we get .We still are kids to our parents.

    You seems a nice father .God bless you.

    Pray to lord .Praise the lord .He knows the best .We just have to trust him.

    Merry Christmas.

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