30 Days of You and Me: Day Five

Well...today you're supposed to share your favorite quote.

I'm not sure I have a favorite quote. I'm not one of those people who runs around quoting movie lines with any particular fervor, and while I'm an underlining and requoting (in print) fool when it comes to reading books...I don't typically share quotes of wisdom out loud on a regular basis.

But I'll share this quote from Scripture that I used in teaching last Wednesday night at church, and God has brought it back to me over and over this week. I think I'm supposed to be learning from it. (Probably faster than I am.)

The verse is Luke 1:38, where Mary responds to the angel's news that she is to be the mother of the Messiah: I am the Lord's servant. May it be to me as you have said.

Every year, I choose a verse (after praying for God to guide me in that) to be my “verse of the year.” Several years ago, Luke 1:38 was my verse. After Mary asked her one question to the angel, she offered this simple answer. That was her response to God’s call on her life.

No press release. No speech. No complaining about the change in her own life plans. No conditions or counter-offers. Just simple acceptance.

Mary had a lot to fight. What God asked of her could have cost her her marriage, her family, her friends…and it probably did cost her some of those things. But she chose to accept what He asked.

This summer while in my desert, I wrote in my journal one night, You have chosen Isaac and me for this journey. Chosen. Our hands did not go the highest, but You chose us anyway. And maybe that is your story right now too. Your hand did not go the highest, but God has chosen you for a path. Imagine what could happen if you looked to the Lord and said, “I am Your servant. May it be to me as You have said."

So that is my quote and what I am pondering from it. What about you. Favorite quote? Movie line? Something your mom said to you every day when you were growing up?