Now

It certainly sounds like a good idea but it's really better none of us can look ahead and see the future. As difficult as it is, living in the now is best!  Mary's "now" was certainly alarming - unwed, uneducated, pregnant. Nonetheless, she sang: "For He Who is mighty has done great things for me; and holy is His Name." (Luke 1:49).  Circumstances tend to turn our heads and hearts away from the Almighty Sovereign God. He knows our now is often plagued with hurt and heartache. From her words, Mary's now didn't seem burdensome nor to weigh her down: maybe because she knew the Sovereign Designer of her otherwise alarming now. Perhaps because she'd been living all her life in the Shadow of God's loving care, she knew to trust deeply that only His Best was to come - the suffering and victorious Savior of The Cross. All that threatened her now seemed trivial and passing to the Greatness of The Cross. Like Mary rejoiced, let us likewise take joy in He Who is Mighty - He Who has done great things because Holy is His Name.