Advent reminds us that Divine favor often looks like disruption.
“Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God!”
Luke 1:29-30 NLT
Confused and disturbed. That sounds like me some of the time.
I wonder if God says the same thing to me that the angel said to Mary.
Don’t be afraid. I am with you and my favor is upon you.
Just because I feel confused and disturbed does not mean that his favor is not resting on me. Nor does it mean I have anything to fear.
Dr. Paul McGuinness 