I find myself revisiting these thoughts from a former holiday season…need the reminders.
Thinking about Mother Mary this holiday season, had me overwhelmed with emotion…
She was “highly favored” AND pregnant but not married in a time that looked down on such things
“Highly favored” AND couldn’t get a loan…a bank account…or a phone on her own
“Highly favored” AND couldn’t get a place in her own name
“Highly favored” AND rejected by the local townsfolk, gossiped about by the praying and the prEying
“Highly favored” AND discredited, made fun of and most likely ostracized by the Believers Only Club and the At-least-we-lookiN-Holy Inc
“Highly favored” AND how many “friends” disappeared once she went public w/her “condition”
“Highly favored” AND which religious circle/s welcomed her into their group
“Highly favored” AND she had to tell her fiancé, I’m pregnant oh…it’s Heaven’s Child – like ain’t no man did this
“Highly favored” AND she appeared mentally unstable
“Highly favored” AND how much prenatal care she get
“Highly Favored” AND in the dead of night, had to leave erythAng she knew AnD move…not up to the East side, no…she had to move to a place that certainly didn’t look HeavenSent
“Highly Favored” AND she laid on the dirtY floor of a stable…a barn, surrounded by animals, LAWD, the smells alone – I need to know, did somebody give the girl some lemon, lavender, mint…anything?
“Highly Favored” AND she gave birth to her firstborn: The Most Powerful and simultaneously Gentle One, The Great Spirit, The Divine, My Sovereign One behind the Bethlehem Bed and Breakfast.
“Highly Favored”…now, maybe we should talk about the definitions for this word, Favor – kindness, approval, support, over generous, preferential treatment…wait a minute, whose definition of FavoR we talkiN’ about here?
Favor from Heaven’s perspective is NOthing like what earth may have yuh believing!
Remember to remind yaSelf of the way Heaven views Favor
iF you are Highly Favored, Heaven will drop a seed into ya system that Heaven alone can germinate and develop and finally cause to “show” on the outside.
Heaven alone can take credit for the nourishment, birth and growth of this new life.
This new life will have limitless potential but NO human can decide what the path will look like. It may not appear “logical” but iF ya keep your ears open to the Sound of the Angels, they’re coming in this season of miracles to remind you that you are “Highly Favored” and EverY single occurrence in your is because…
You are Highly Favored/favoured!
raise yuh hand…up in the air w/me now…make a fist and say it out LOUD…I AM Highly Favored/Favoured!
That interview that did NoT turn into an offer is because I AM Highly Favored
That promotion I was promised but didn’t receive is because I AM Highly Favored
That house loan I was assured wasn’t granted because I AM Highly Favored
That relationship (friendship or romantic) didn’t go as I planned because I AM Highly Favored
What are you being Protected from because you are Highly Favored?
What is Heaven allowing to happen so people will shun you, even in and maybe especially in religious circles?
What is Heaven allowing so people will speak terribly to you and about you because you are Highly Favored?
What is it that isn’t looking like good sense but is Heaven’s leading?
What is it that has you shaking yuh head because despite the lack of logic, you know in yuh heart, all is well?
What has you seeing the Wonder amidst the worrisome?
Regardless of how it appears, the Truth that holds me is I AM Highly Favored/Favoured!
Common Day Hero: To see, experience and know it all through the wonder of a child…that is my prayer. May we never lose the wonder…you hold it so well. I miss you immensely and hold ya in my heart always. My dear Robin Diane, I dedicate this post to you.
