Insightful Moment with Mary

The thing that makes me scratch my head, is that so much credence is given to Mary's immediate unquestioning response. I'm an impetuous risk-taking kinda girl myself, and if an angel appeared to me I could see myself saying "okay let's go for it."

It's her perseverance after the initial yes that keeps me in awe of her. Nobody told her until later she would have to give birth away from home, in desperate surroundings, that she'd be fleeing for her child's life within months of his birth; that her son would grow to manhood only to be misunderstood, misjudged, and killed like a criminal right before her eyes.

Say yes to God and it doesn't make your life any easier, in most cases it makes it worse. Maybe she knew that when she said yes, maybe not. But the fact that she hung in, in spite of everything that came later… faithful mother, faithful servant of God… that's the insightful piece for me.