Luke chapters 1 and 2.

It is a great mystery to me that Mary’s mother is never once mentioned in these Scriptures. After the astounding visit of Gabriel with the even more astounding news that the Virgin Mary was to bear the Christ-Child, Mary went immediately to see her cousin Elizabeth:

“And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste into a city of Judea and entered into the house of Zacharias and Elizabeth.” Did she not talk with her mother about this? and if not, why not?

What Would You Have Done If You Were Mary’s Mother?

What would you have thought and said to your teen-age daughter in such circumstances? Would you have allowed her to go away like that? It is understandable that Mary would want to go see Elizabeth to confirm the words of the Angel concerning her pregnancy. But, if you had been her mother, would you not have at least talked with her about it?

Then, after about 3 months, Mary returned to her home and was married to Joseph. Still no mention of a mother or the wedding. As a mother, you would have insisted that the wedding should have been immediately, not after three months! And mothers like to be included in wedding plans.

And, Good Heavens! Going on a long, hard trip near her due date?

But most amazing is the fact that this young woman, near the time for the birth of her baby, set out for a journey to Bethlehem. Her transportation would probably have been a donkey or by foot. What mother would have allowed her daughter to go on such a journey at such a time!?

Was her mother dead? Or was she so aware of the true nature of this event that she wholly agreed to whatever Mary did? Or was her opposition just totally ignored by the writers of the Gospels?

If you or I had been her mother, would we not have opposed her journeys, thus trying to hinder the work of the Holy Spirit?

But since we are not Mary’s mother, what would we do if our child, son or daughter, should be called of God to make great personal sacrifice to fulfill God’s call upon their lives?