Think back to when you were 14. Who were your friends? What TV shows did you watch? What subjects, if any, did you enjoy in school? Now, imagine having your first boyfriend and discovering you are pregnant.
It’s a bit difficult for me to relate because my afternoon delight was a mint Aero bar. I’d pop a loonie into the vending machine, peel off the green foil and devour the bubbly chocolate. Yes, every day before gym class. I wish I still possessed the metabolism of my Grade 9 self.
Ok, back to the story.
So, we are 14 and pregnant. To make the crisis a catastrophe, the baby isn’t our boyfriend’s doing. By the way, we are virgins and an angel told us the baby was God. It’s crazy enough to be a mother at such a tender age and even more insane to be a pregnant virgin. However, these are the events of the first Christmas.
Society’s focus is Santa, elves and presents. Christians sing about baby Jesus, angels and lowing cattle. All characters play differing roles in several wonderful Christmas stories, but what about that 14-year-old virgin? If I were Mary, I’d be scared shitless!
I have a ton of respect for Mary. After an angel told her she would bare the Son of God, she replied with, “Let it be according to God’s will,” (Luke 1:38).
I’m sure my response would be something like, “Oh my gosh, there is an angel in my room!” And then I’d dive under the sheets.
Mary also had to undergo the scrutiny of being an engaged, pregnant virgin. She then had nine long months of obsessing about how she would raise the child, who happened to be the Messiah. No pressure there!
What an incredible, impossible story (Matt 19:26). No wonder why the legend of Saint Nicholas morphed into a fat man riding a sleigh, jammed with presents. It was a good effort in trying to keep up with that first Christmas. As exciting as Santa Claus is, flying reindeer will never top an immaculate conception. Sorry Kris Kringle.
Read The First Christmas Story:
Matt 1:18-25 - Joseph is not the baby daddy
Luke 1:26-56 – Mary's experience
Luke 2:1-21 - Poof, it's baby Jesus
Matt 2:1-12 – Kings visit the child
It’s a bit difficult for me to relate because my afternoon delight was a mint Aero bar. I’d pop a loonie into the vending machine, peel off the green foil and devour the bubbly chocolate. Yes, every day before gym class. I wish I still possessed the metabolism of my Grade 9 self.
Ok, back to the story.
So, we are 14 and pregnant. To make the crisis a catastrophe, the baby isn’t our boyfriend’s doing. By the way, we are virgins and an angel told us the baby was God. It’s crazy enough to be a mother at such a tender age and even more insane to be a pregnant virgin. However, these are the events of the first Christmas.
Society’s focus is Santa, elves and presents. Christians sing about baby Jesus, angels and lowing cattle. All characters play differing roles in several wonderful Christmas stories, but what about that 14-year-old virgin? If I were Mary, I’d be scared shitless!
I have a ton of respect for Mary. After an angel told her she would bare the Son of God, she replied with, “Let it be according to God’s will,” (Luke 1:38).
I’m sure my response would be something like, “Oh my gosh, there is an angel in my room!” And then I’d dive under the sheets.
Mary also had to undergo the scrutiny of being an engaged, pregnant virgin. She then had nine long months of obsessing about how she would raise the child, who happened to be the Messiah. No pressure there!
What an incredible, impossible story (Matt 19:26). No wonder why the legend of Saint Nicholas morphed into a fat man riding a sleigh, jammed with presents. It was a good effort in trying to keep up with that first Christmas. As exciting as Santa Claus is, flying reindeer will never top an immaculate conception. Sorry Kris Kringle.
Read The First Christmas Story:
Matt 1:18-25 - Joseph is not the baby daddy
Luke 1:26-56 – Mary's experience
Luke 2:1-21 - Poof, it's baby Jesus
Matt 2:1-12 – Kings visit the child