Mary is incredible

It's been a wonderful, rainy day.  Visiting the Church of the Annunciation was the highlight for me.  Let it be done to me according to your will.  Mary is incredible.  I try to think about what it would be like to have her kind of faith.  Her kind of trust in God to risk something big for something good.  To honor her gift to God's people is a powerful thing.  In this season of Lent, and in this place, it's especially meaningful to reflect on what it means to say yes to God.  To say yes to loving God's people enough to put everything aside except loving God and following the example of Jesus.  Loving our neighbors as ourselves.  Honoring the dignity of every human being.  Even, and especially, when it's inconvenient and requires personal sacrifice.  To see the bigger picture.  That's what I'm experiencing here in the Holy Land.  The opportunity to see things from the perspectives of the ones who have gone before us.  The chance to trust God the way they did.  The chance to love God with the intensity of the communion of saints behind and before me.
Megan