Mary was a chosen vessel by God but yet she still had some choices to make.   Sometimes when we read these Bible stories, we think that the people involved were just following a script.  Great faith was involved.  When they chose to walk towards something, they had to walk away…

Have ever been stuck setting at the kiddie table.  There is no room for you at the big table, so they shove you over there in the cheap seats.  You are stuck using disposable plates and plastic forks.  You look over at eh big table and you see the good…

Most of the time I find it is easier to obtain something than it is to maintain something.  We tend to get laxer on things that we feel is a given.  That is why many marriages fail.  We do what it takes to get hitched but then fail to grow…