Take 2.0 Ministry for the Next Generation

This week’s young Bible hero is a particular favorite of mine. Her name is Mary and she is the mother of my best friend. That’s right! This week I’m talking about Jesus’ mommy, the sweet girl, Mary. Scholars say that Mary was likely only around 16 at the time of her pregnancy with Jesus and, while that’s a bit older than our Take T.W.O. kids, if God had chosen her to serve as the mother of His only Son she must have also been a remarkable child.

She was for sure a very brave young lady. Imagine a young teenage girl trying to explain to her devout parents why she was having a baby before she was married. Imagine her trying to convince her fiancé that she was pregnant through no fault of her own. Imagine the looks of her neighbors, how her friends must have wanted nothing to do with her.

But Mary had much more than shame and rejection to worry about; her pregnancy put her in very real danger. By the Law of Ancient Israel it would have been considered a favor to God to stone her for adultery. She knew all of this, and yet when God came to her with the task of carrying His precious Son she accepted it with total humility. Now that’s what I call heroic!