The winner of Janice Hanna Thompson's book is...please scroll to the end of the post. I wonder how Mary felt during the last month of her pregnancy, the time we celebrate during December as advent. There are many clues given in God's Word. But, not all the details are told. As the book of John says, photo courtesy of visualbiblealive.com And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Some scholars say Mary was around the age of fourteen when she heard the news. She may have endured accusations regarding her pregnancy before marriage. We aren't told what her family said, but we know she went to her cousin Elizabeth's house for the first three months. Perhaps this gave her family time to accept her. Toward the last days of her pregnancy, a census, mandated by Caesar, forced Joseph and Mary to travel from Nazareth to Bethle...
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