I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 3rd of December, 2024, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.  

We start in the Gospel of Luke 1:46:

“And Mary said “My soul magnifies the Lord...”

We want to really pay tribute and give honour to our women folk today. Mothers, grannies, aunties, sisters, great-grandmothers - we want to say we love you and we appreciate you. Early this morning, I was in a prayer meeting with a group of men and the leader said, ”Today, we need to remember the women because they are so vital to us, all of them.” I really want to speak today about the greatest woman that has ever lived on the face of the earth. Yes, I’m talking about Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.

Think about this, that God our Heavenly Father, must have looked all over the Earth to find a young maiden, a virgin, a young girl who had never, ever known a man, and to allow her to give birth to His beloved Son, Jesus Christ. What an incredible lady! He didn’t choose the Queen of Sheba, He didn’t choose the Empress of Rome, He didn’t choose any royalty. He chose a humble handmaiden, a young virgin from Nazareth by the name of Mary. No, she was not divine, she was an ordinary person, but God chose her to look after His son until He came of age. 

If we look at verse 35 of that same chapter in Luke, we see that the Holy Spirit came upon her and the seed was planted in her. Yes, and His name was Emmanuel, which means, “God with us”. What a miracle! That is why you cannot believe in this book, the Bible, if you do not believe in miracles. 

Now I just want to read what Mary said, this wonderful woman chosen by God.

“My soul magnifies the Lord, 
And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. 
For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; 
For behold, henceforth (from now on) all generations will call me blessed. 
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, And holy is His name.” 
Luke 1:46-49

Today, let us remember our mothers, our wives, our daughters. Let us remember women and treat them with great love and great respect and protect them.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.