Imagine

Can you imagine how Mary must have felt knowing she was to give birth to God’s son?

In the song Breath of Heaven we get a little bit of an insight into how Mary felt, and how she truly believed God would help her to be strong.

Overwhelmed, terrified, scared, lonely, inadequate but probably also excited about the Christ’s immanent arrival on earth. It’s not surprising Mary felt as she did about the huge responsibility that God had placed on her, but just like us these days, I‘m sure she came to realise that God would not have asked her to bear His son if he didn’t think she could handle the responsibility and pressure that put on her. She would feel so alone, because in those days, a woman who was pregnant out-of-wedlock was seen as something disgraceful, so she would have felt lonely  and outcast by her neighbours and friends. But she was wrong, as Joseph stood by her despite how others would see her.

How many of us would have done that if the penalty for doing so was to be spurned by those around you?

Breath of Heaven

I have traveled many moonless nights
Cold and weary with a babe inside
And I wonder what I’ve done
Holy Father, You have come
And chosen me now to carry Your Son

I am waiting in a silent prayer
I am frightened by the load I bear
In a world as cold as stone
Must I walk this path alone?
Be with me now, be with me now

Breath of Heaven, hold me together
Be forever near me, Breath of Heaven
Breath of Heaven, lighten my darkness
Pour over me Your holiness for You are holy
Breath of Heaven

Do you wonder as you watch my face
If a wiser one should have had my place?
But I offer all I am
For the mercy of Your plan
Help me be strong, help me be, help me

Breath of Heaven, hold me together
Be forever near me, Breath of Heaven
Breath of Heaven, lighten my darkness
Pour over me Your holiness for You are holy

Breath of Heaven, hold me together
Be forever near me, breath of Heaven
Breath of Heaven, lighten my darkness
Pour over me Your holiness for You are holy
Breath of Heaven, Breath of Heaven
Breath of Heaven