{"id":1552,"date":"2012-12-09T08:28:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T13:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:36:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:36:25","slug":"constructing-the-nativity-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/12\/constructing-the-nativity-ii.html","title":{"rendered":"Constructing the Nativity II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 1<\/p>\n<p><sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, <sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>to a virgin betrothed<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote b\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=luke%201&amp;version=ESV#fen-ESV-24912b\">b<\/a>]<\/sup> to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin&#8217;s name was Mary. <sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>And he came to her and said, \u201cGreetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!\u201d<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote c\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=luke%201&amp;version=ESV#fen-ESV-24913c\">c<\/a>]<\/sup> <sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. <sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>And the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. <sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. <sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, <sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Mary said, \u201cBehold, I am the servant<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote f\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=luke%201&amp;version=ESV#fen-ESV-24923f\">f<\/a>]<\/sup> of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.\u201d And the angel departed from her. (The Bible, ESV)<\/p>\n<p><em>Angels are messages from God. Sometimes it is scary to do something different from what everyone else is doing however serving life and truth holds great promise.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 1 26\u00a0In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27\u00a0to a virgin betrothed[b] to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. 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