“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her. Luke 1:34-38
The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary telling her that she will conceive and give birth to the Son of God.
Obviously, Mary was shaken and responded with fear, confusion and questions.
The angel, being God's messenger, gave her the answer that she needed to hear, one to calm her down and two, for her to believe -- including pointing out another miracle that is already happening by the power of God to her own cousin Elizabeth who was barren and advanced in age but who was already conceiving a baby supernaturally and on her sixth month of pregnancy. One which she can easily verify, and which she will eventually do. Our Father in heaven knows us so well. He knows of our fears, our doubts and our weaknesses. And at any time, He knows just what to say and do for us. And He does it, because we are the apple of His eyes, His children, and He loves us so.
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