God Believes In You, And God Can Do Anything

​Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Mary, she did not ask to be so.

Mary, she did not apply for such an historic role; good thing, how qualified is a virgin teenager to be a mother, let alone the mother of Jesus?

Would anyone ever have picked her based on her resume'?

So, no small wonder that when the angel appeared and informed Mary she would indeed become the mother of Jesus, she asked, "How can this be?"

And the angel answered - God.

God can do anything.

And Mary responded - "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word."

Mary believed in God, and maybe as important - or more so - Mary knew God believed in her.

God had picked HER!

Occasionally, I will get an invitation to speak at an event. And every time it feels nice - as if the individual or the group believes in me. As if they have picked me.

Do we not all in some way long to know someone has picked us?

Do we not all, in this grand sea of humanity, long to be believed in above and beyond the sea?

I want to remind you this Christmas, God believes in you.

God has picked YOU.

Yes, God believed Mary could be the mother of Jesus, but God has equally giant beliefs in you.

And me.

God has sent angels with unique requests of each of us. Messages that reflect God's unwavering belief in our unique capacities to bring unique love to the world.

If you are like me, maybe it has felt at times that the world does not believe in you - maybe you have been left at times feeling un-picked - and maybe that has impacted the kind of belief you come to imagine that God has in you.

I believe God picked a mother for Jesus that our world would have never considered motherly. I believe he did so to make sure we know God's belief in us has nothing to do with what the world believes of us.

If you are experiencing doubt in yourself, doubt in your circumstances or in your situations, doubt in your future - maybe it is time to image something more beautiful in your life than doubt. And when this beauty you imagine seems totally impossible, maybe ask out loud: "How could this ever possibly be?"

Then wait for the answer. Listen closely and quietly. Listen for the angel to reply:

God.

God has picked you.

And God can do anything.