or thinking about the most important event in the realm of Christianity as relating to Jesus' birth when the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary:
Luke 1:26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
A few angels from my Christmas display collection:
See the angel furthermost to the left in the picture above? My mother had that easel angel for many years. She usually displayed it right beneath a pot of ivy. I think she must have connected to her heavenly roots each time she gazed on that angel. Stair-stepping up from the left is a contemporary angel my sister Pam gave me several years ago. I asked for it; wasn't that greedy? But she willingly complied...I just wanted an angel from her! Then the angel at the center-most top of the photograph was given to me by my friend Francis eleven years ago before she died that following summer. I always think of Fran and the good times we had painting together when I hold that fragile pink glass angel. The white angel above was given to me by my friend Carol about 15 years ago. We met in the early '70's when our husbands were in graduate school in Michigan, and we still keep in touch.
Linking to Inspiration Avenue and the Theme of the Week: Angels
