Lena Jones

I asked my seven year old son a question this morning. I asked him what his favorite story in the Bible was. He thought for a minute, milk from his cereal pooling in the corners of his mouth. He swallows and answers "Jonah and the Whale" I asked him "Why?" and in true seven year old boy fashion he answers, "Because mommy that is awesome. A whale swallowed him and he didn't die, then the whale threw him up, that is cool."
Of course then he wanted to know mine. It took me a minute but then Mary the mother of Jesus and David came to mind. Both of their stories resonate deep. Mary was an average girl, engaged to an average man. I am sure they would be living in an average house. On the outside, nothing was out of the ordinary.
David was the smallest of Jesse's sons, a Shepard boy. He watched sheep, his older brothers had more important responsibilities. David was average.
God took Mary, the average, ordinary girl and planted within her His son. David was chosen to be the next king, he was a Shepard, now he would be king.
Both of these people had a role to play. What if when the angel came to Mary she decided it would be to embarrassing to be pregnant, it would ruin her reputation. What if David said that he was to small to be king, to small to go to battle. They both had to say yes.
God has great things for all of us, but we have to say yes.