Luke 1:34-38 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
In our contemporary celebration of Christmas, we have come to expect something miraculous to happen - to receive that coveted possession, to find the love of our lives, to be healed of some chronic disease. We live in hopeful expectation. Though the things we hope for are not necessarily the right things, there is a reason for that - an annual, cyclical pattern, because when Christ came the miracle of miracles did happen: a virgin conceived, the power of God came down, the Son of God was born. And He brings with Him the possibility - especially the possibility of a renewed relationship with God that we all need and deeply desire, whether we admit it or not. Christmas, Advent, the coming of Christ is all about what God can do.
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