Mary asked the angel, "How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?"
-Luke 1:34
I wonder if Mary knew when He arrived in her womb. Brothers in the faith might be appalled that I would ask such a question, but female minds were created to think intimate, personal thoughts like these! I have at least a hundred questions to ask Mary in heaven. And no doubt Mary will have some interesting stories to tell. Part of the fun of heaven will be hearing spiritual giants tell the details of the old, old stories.
Mary certainly wouldn't have thought of herself as a spiritual giant, would she?
Could a teenager have fathomed that she was to give birth to the Son who was the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being?
Oh yes, the news was good. The best. But the news was also hard. When the winds of heaven converge with the winds of earth, lighting is bound to strike. Seems to me that Gabriel left just in time for Mary to tell her mother. And I have a feeling Nazareth was about to hear and experience a little thunder!
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. -John 16:27