rePosting and slightly edited – Comfort, Peace and Light to all ~<\/p>\n
Thinking about Mother Mary this holiday season, had me overwhelmed with emotion\u2026<\/p>\n
She was “highly favored” AND pregnant but not<\/em> married in a time that looked down on such things<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND couldn\u2019t get a loan\u2026a bank account…or a phone on her own<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND couldn\u2019t get a place in her own name<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND rejected by the local townsfolk, gossiped about by the praying and the prEying<\/p>\n \u201cHighly favored\u201d AND discredited, made fun of and most likely ostracized by the Believers Only Club and the At-least-we-lookiN-Holy Inc<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND how many \u201cfriends\u201d disappeared once she went public w\/her \u201ccondition\u201d<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND which religious circle\/s happily welcomed her into their group<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND she had to tell her fianc\u00e9, I\u2019m pregnant oh…it\u2019s Heaven\u2019s Child – like ain\u2019t no HUman did this<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND she appeared mentally unstable…unwell…<\/p>\n “Highly favored” AND how much prenatal care she get (if any)<\/p>\n “Highly Favored” AND in the dead of night, had to leave erythAng she knew AnD move\u2026not up to the East side, no…she had to move to a place that certainly didn\u2019t look HeavenSent<\/p>\n “Highly Favored” AND she laid on the dirtY floor of a stable\u2026surrounded by animals, LAWD, the smells alone – I need to know, did somebody give the girl some lemon, lavender, mint…anything?<\/p>\n \u201cHighly Favored\u201d AND she gave birth to her firstborn: The Most Powerful and simultaneously Gentle One, The Great Spirit, The Divine, My Sovereign One behind<\/em> the Bethlehem Bed and Breakfast.<\/p>\n “Highly Favored”…now,<\/span> maybe we should talk about the definitions for this word, favor –<\/p>\n kindness, approval, support, over generous, preferential treatment\u2026wait a minute, whose<\/em> definition of FavoR we talkiN’ about here?<\/p>\n Favor from Heaven\u2019s perspective<\/em> is NOthing like what earth may have us believing!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Remember to remind yaSelf of the way Heaven views Favor<\/p>\n iF you are Highly Favored, Heaven will drop a seed into ya system that Heaven alone can germinate, grow and develop and finally cause to \u201cshow\u201d on the outside.<\/p>\n Heaven alone can take credit for the nourishment, birth and growth of this because Heaven alone in charge of Favor\/Favour.<\/p>\n This new life will have limitless potential but NO human can decide what the path will look like.<\/p>\n It may not appear \u201clogical\u201d but iF ya keep your ears open to the Sound of the Angels, they\u2019re coming in this season of miracles to remind you that you are \u201cHighly Favored\u201d and EverY single occurrence in your is because…<\/p>\n You are Highly Favored\/Favoured!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Can you raise ya hand up in the air; make a fist if you like and say it out LOUD with me…<\/span>I AM Highly Favored\/Favoured!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n That interview that did NoT turn into an offer is because I AM Highly Favored<\/p>\n That promotion I was promised but didn\u2019t receive is because I AM Highly Favored<\/p>\n That house loan I was assured would come through wasn\u2019t granted because I AM Highly Favored<\/p>\n That relationship (friendship or romantic)<\/em> didn\u2019t go as I planned because I AM Highly Favored<\/p>\n Consider:<\/p>\n What are you being Protected from because you are Highly Favored?<\/em><\/p>\n What is Heaven allowing to happen so you feel isolated, even in and maybe especially in<\/em> religious or socio-economic or familial and familiar circles?<\/p>\n What is Heaven allowing so people will speak terribly to<\/em> you and about<\/em> you because you are Highly Favored?<\/p>\n What is it that isn\u2019t looking like good sense but is Heaven\u2019s leading?<\/p>\n What has you seeing\/experiencing the Wonder amidst the worrisome?<\/p>\n Regardless<\/em> of how it appears, the Truth that holds me is I AM Highly Favored\/Favoured!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I can rest\/trust\/lean back because Heaven has me…and you dear one!<\/p>\n Common Day Hero:<\/strong><\/span><\/em> Diligent worker, faith-filled woman, devoted wife and mother, sister of my father, you are missed beyond my ability to accurately describe it. Today, I dedicate this post to my Aunt K. 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