more than her eyes could see ....

From The Jesus Storybook Bible ...

 

 

"There was a young girl who was engaged to a man named Joseph. (Joseph was the great-great-great-great-great grandson of King David).

One morning, this girl was minding her own business when, suddenly, a great warrior of light appeared - right there, in her bedroom. He was Gabriel & he was an angel, a special messenger from heaven.

When she saw the tall shining man standing there, Mary was frightened.

'You don't need to be scared,' Gabriel said. 'God is very happy with you!'

Mary looked around to see if perhaps he was talking to someone else.

'Mary,' Gabriel said, & he laughed with such gladness that Mary's eyes filled with sudden tears.

'Mary, you're going to have a baby. A little boy. You will call him Jesus. He is God's own Son. He's the One! He's the Rescuer!'

The God who flung planets into space & kept them whirling around & around, the God who made the universe with just a word, the one who could do anything at all - was making himself small. And coming down ... as a baby.

Wait. God was sending a baby to rescue the world?

'But it's too wonderful!' Mary said & felt her heart beating hard. 'How can it be true?'

'Is anything too wonderful for God?' Gabriel asked.

So Mary trusted God more than what her eyes could see. And she believed. 'I am God's servant,' she said. 'Whatever God says, I will do.'

{The Jesus Storybook Bible p. 178 & 179} 

 

O, to be like Mary & my trust in God be bigger than what my eyes can see.

 

Those {all too often} moments when I feel doubt creep in & taunt me, I need to remind myself of Gabriel's words ... is anything too wonderful for God!?! NO! It's not! He came to give us life more abundant than we could ever imagine! He supplies all of our needs according to His riches in glory! Trust in Him for all that He can offer you ... it is more wonderful than any of us could ever bear to imagine!