Mary

Luke 1:

46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of
their hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.


Women do not speak much in the scriptures. So when they do, I find I listen more closely. If someone took the time to write it down it is important. Can you feel the testimony of Mary? She is incredible. She is filled with the spirit of God and has no doubt in her mind what her divine mission is. She testifies of the things to come from the birth of the child she carries. "henceforth generations will call me blessed" she recognizes that through the birth of Christ all mankind will be saved. That it doesn't matter who she is, what positions her family does of does not hold...she has been chosen to carry and raise the Son of God. She recognizes her divine role in the plan of our Father and accepts without hesitation. She is incredible!!

Bruce R. McConkie said: “As there is only one Christ, so there is only one Mary. And as the Father chose the most noble and righteous of all his spirit sons to come into mortality as his Only Begotten in the flesh, so we may confidently conclude that he selected the most worthy and spiritually talented of all his spirit daughters to be the mortal mother of his Eternal Son.” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary. 3 vols. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1965-73, 1:85.)