Jesus-Immanuel
Emery recently sang "Mary Did You Know" at her voice recital…. and I cried. Not because of her amazing voice (although I do think she sounds like a little angel), but because it reminded me of my very first Christmas as a mom. I remember rocking my tiny Em in the glow of the Christmas tree and really pondering for the first time what on earth it would have been like to be Mary. I remember thinking that she had to have been so scared (as any first time mom would be...but hello....giving birth to our Savior seems a little overwhelming...) and yet the Bible tells us that after the Angel Gabriel told Mary what the plan was she stated: "Behold I am a servant of God." In my own head I have always added more to her declaration: "I am NOT a servant of what I fear." "I am not a servant of worry." "I am not a servant to my own plan." (All things that I am often a servant of.) I remember tears slipping out of my eyes as I thought about how much...
