“Now in the sixth
month the angel Gabriel was sent by God… to a virgin betrothed to a man whose
name was Joseph… The virgin's name was Mary.” (Luke 1:26,27)
Among all the virgin
girls of her time, Mary found favour before God to be instrumental to the birth
of the Saviour of the whole world. There must have been the reason for the
special attention to Mary. The speech of the angel sent to her spells it out
this way; "Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are
you among women!" (vs28)
If a maiden’s life
acknowledges God’s presence at all times, what was said of Mary will be spoken
of her. It is obvious that many of our Christian daughters had turned against
God in their tender age, and this had brought unfavorable and untold scenes to
them.
It is very
unfortunate that many in our society had lost the desire to godliness. Even the
highly valued traditions of the elders in many communities had been exchanged
for immorality due to selfish reasons. And so our dear sisters had become victims
of whoredom.
There are many
examples of Mary in the Bible and in our time. May our Merciful God deliver our
female children and youth from all sexual immorality; and let them preserve
their womanhood with holy virginity to His glory and honour!
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