马利亚也有自己的难处。她的婚礼计划已经定好了，她期待着和丈夫在拿撒勒过正常的生活。有一天，神走进她的生活告诉她，她将成为神的儿子——那位救主的母亲。马利亚因着信回答说：“我是主的使女，情愿照你的话成就在我身上。”不管神大胆的冒险将带她到哪里，她都全力以赴。
马利亚和约瑟一同去了伯利恒。她在那里生下孩子，把头生的儿子放在马槽里。他们顺从神，给孩子起名叫耶稣，因为他要做世人的救主。一群当地的牧羊人不请自来，他们叽叽喳喳地说着夜里的大光和天使的合唱，然后他们就欢呼着跑开了。哇！马利亚思索着这些事，努力把它们拼凑起来。
马利亚一直在想：他们受到了来自东方“博士”的拜访，躲过了当地国王的屠杀（太2），后来她又看见自己的儿子死在十字架上。正因为马利亚存着信心反覆思想，圣经说她是蒙福的，因为她相信主的话（路1:45）。
今晚是平安夜，不管你处境如何，你愿意相信神的话，相信耶稣是你的救主吗？神的爱在耶稣里向世人显明，这爱永不会离你而去。
父神，求你每天加增我们的信心。我们知道你爱我们。无论你呼召我们去哪里，都求你引领我们去服事你，尊崇你。阿们。
路加福音 1:26-38
26到了第六个月，天使加百列奉神的差遣往加利利的一座城去，这城名叫拿撒勒；
27到一个童女那里，是已经许配大卫家的一个人，名叫约瑟，童女的名字叫马利亚。
28天使进去，对她说：“蒙大恩的女子，我问你安，主和你同在了！”
29马利亚因这话就很惊慌，又反覆思想这样问安是什么意思。
30天使对她说：“马利亚，不要怕，你在神面前已经蒙恩了。
31你要怀孕生子，可以给他起名叫耶稣。
32他要为大，称为至高者的儿子；主神要把他祖大卫的位给他，
33他要做雅各家的王，直到永远；他的国也没有穷尽。”
34马利亚对天使说：“我没有出嫁，怎么有这事呢？”
35天使回答说：“圣灵要临到你身上，至高者的能力要荫庇你。因此，所要生的圣者必称为神的儿子。
36况且你的亲戚伊利莎白，在年老的时候也怀了男胎，就是那素来称为不生育的，现在有孕六个月了。
37因为出于神的话，没有一句不带能力的。”
38马利亚说：“我是主的使女，情愿照你的话成就在我身上！”天使就离开她去了。
"Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." - Luke 2:19
Mary had her share of struggles. Her wedding plans were made, and she looked forward to living a normal life with her husband in Nazareth. Then one day God stepped into her life and told her she would be the mother of the Savior, the Son of God. Mary responded in faith, “I am the Lord’s servant. . . . May your word to me be fulfilled.” She was all in, no matter where God’s adventure would take her.
Mary’s journey took her with Joseph to Bethlehem. She gave birth there and placed her firstborn son in a manger. In obedience to God, they named him Jesus, because he would be the Savior of the world. A group of local shepherds showed up without an invitation, babbling about a bright light in the night and a choir of angels, and then they rushed off with shouts of praise. Wow! Mary reflected on these things, struggling to put them together.
Mary kept on pondering: they received a visit from “wise men” from the East and escaped a massacre by the local king (Matthew 2), and later she watched her son die on a cross. Because Mary responded in faith, the Bible calls her blessed, for she believed what the Lord had said (Luke 1:45).
It’s Christmas Eve tonight. Are you willing to take God at his word, no matter your circumstances, and believe in Jesus as your Savior? God’s love, displayed for all the world in Jesus, will never let you go.
Father God, increase our faith daily. We know you love us. Guide us to serve and honor you wherever you call us to go. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
