How Will This Be?

Joan Cornelison

December 12, 2021

Devotions

Isaiah’s prophecy (Isaiah 7:14) to the house of David, becomes reality in the New Testament, when the angel of the Lord visit’s Mary, and tells her, “…You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him, Jesus…. (Luke 1:31).”

Talk about receiving impossible news! Mary’s response to this improbable news is that rhetorical question, “How will this be, since I am a virgin (Luke1:34)?” From where Mary was standing, the news that she would be the mother of the Savior of the world was incomprehensible. How could something so amazing, so unbelievable happen to her or through her? She was just a simple village girl, and a virgin at that. What the angel told her was quite incredulous.

Joan Cornelison

December 5, 2021

Devotions

Prepare the Way

Joan Cornelison

December 5, 2021

Devotions

In ancient times when a king was going to visit a city, he would send a herald before him to announce his coming. The herald would go around the city shouting, ‘The king is coming!’ Upon hearing this the city dwellers would clean up their streets, fix the roads and lock up the criminals to avoid being punished.

Joan Cornelison

December 16, 2018

Devotions

A Special Child

Joan Cornelison

December 16, 2018

Devotions

God loved the world so much that he gave us the greatest gift of all; his one and only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God’s gift was not wrapped in glittering paper, but rather in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger. God’s gift was never meant to be torn open, ignored, returned or rejected, but to be held close, nurtured and cherished, and loved for all eternity.