\u201cDefinitely funny.\u201d There were unanimous head-nods at this.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cGod likes joyful. He would never give his Son to someone who wasn\u2019t funny.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember the way that Elizabeth ran out to meet her, all excited? You don\u2019t run out the hug someone who\u2019s not fun to be around. You watch them from the window and sigh.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think her teeth were crooked, at least a gap or overlap. No braces mean wonky teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what if they were crooked? She still had a good smile!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201d <<<sigh>>> I\u2019ll bet she has the good kind of mom smoosh that you can snuggle into.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo way. She was like 14. 14-year-olds don\u2019t have mom-smoosh.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was 14?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUgh. 14-year-old girls cry. Like..a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeriously? Jesus had a crying mom? That\u2019s the worst kind of mom. No offense, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cEwww\u2026they have zits too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cMary had acne?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHormones happen to everyone. Mother of God or not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t like this game. Ugly feet and acne are not a person you make statues of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cSure they are. You just leave out the ugly parts. It\u2019s like Photoshop or filters.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOther than acne and crooked teeth. What was she like?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cSassy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cReally?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThis angel stands in front of her and says God sent him and she says \u2018Why would God send you to me<\/em>?\u2019 She doesn\u2019t even offer him water or a place to sit down. Hospitality was a big thing back then. She ignored all of that, and told him to explain himself. That\u2019s sass.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAnd she bossed God around. He was her kid, but she knew he was God and she still had to tell him to clean his room and stuff. You can\u2019t be totally meek and mild, and still be bossing Jesus to do his chores.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd she didn\u2019t care what people thought. Not in that snap-your-fingers way, but in the I-Know-I\u2019m-Right way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe didn\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she cared for what people thought, she\u2019d have never agreed to be Jesus\u2019s mom. They could have stoned her, but she didn\u2019t even care. She just said yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cSo sum it up for me. Mary was..\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cJewish. Brown.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cCurly hair, but nice eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe had a crinkly-eyed smile.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026and a good laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably not what we would call pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA crying teenage girl mess.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut not scared of anything, and kind of sassy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPerfect?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cNot perfect\u2026.just\u2026 right<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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