Wednesday, December 4 ~ [Mary] kept all these sayings in her heart.​—Luke 2:51.

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Wednesday, December 4

[Mary] kept all these sayings in her heart.—Luke 2:51.

 

Why did Jehovah choose Mary to become Jesus’ mother? No doubt because she was a spiritually-minded person. She showed clear evidence of spirituality in her beautiful expressions of praise when she visited the home of her relatives Zechariah and Elizabeth. (Luke 1:46-55) Mary’s statements show that she had a deep love for God’s Word and was thoroughly familiar with the Hebrew Scriptures. (Gen. 30:13; 1 Sam. 2:1-10; Mal. 3:12) Note, too, that she and Joseph, although newly married, refrained from sexual relations until Jesus was born. This shows that both of them were more concerned with Jehovah’s will than with satisfying their personal desires. (Matt. 1:25) As time passed, Mary carefully noted what took place in Jesus’ life and paid attention to the words of wisdom he spoke. She was clearly interested in God’s purpose in connection with the Messiah. Does not Mary’s example help us to think of how we can put God’s will first in our life? w18.02 21 ¶11

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It's a wonderful thing that Jehovah saw the heart of many including that of Mary above and uses them to help play a role in his purpose.

 

Also when we look around our Kingdom Halls we see folk, who if we had of remained in the World, would of probably never spoken to  or become acquainted with.

 

Thankfully Jehovah has made it clear that with most brothers and sisters it is he who invites them into The Truth and obviously sees something in their hearts that he can work with.

 

That particular quality is what we need to search for in our dear Brothers and Sisters.

 

We are so grateful Father.

 

 

Brother Merv and Sister Chris Webster