Breath of Heaven

Each Christmas season, I think about the gift we receive that is our Savior Jesus Christ...but I also think about how it came to be that this gift could come to us.  Now, I'm not Catholic, but I feel Mary's situation needs to be considered.  I love Mary, mother of Jesus.  When she was conceived with the Divine Spirit, she was only a teenager...about 15. 

15!!!   Now I know there are shows out there that really elaborate on topics like unusual pregnancies...but this still blows my mind.  When I was 15, I wouldn't have even THOUGHT about having a child...let alone the perfect child of God. 

Can you picture Mary when the angel told her this amazing news?  Do you realize what she went through with her family and fiance when she was conceived?  Joseph almost left her because he thought she wasn't faithful.  Her family and neighbors looked down on her because she was pregnant...which meant she had sex and broke the covenant she made with Joseph as his fiance.  They couldn't believe this...they probably wouldn't. 

Okay...and I worry about my problems today?  I worry about getting everything done to the point where I am overwhelmed and stuttering in everything I do.  I fear not getting things done right...I fear what man thinks of me.  Mary sacrificed so much...including her reputation. 

I heard this song today at work, which put me back into this mindset of Christmas.  God has it all together...and sometimes in our hustle and bustle...we need to step back and breathe deep...really calm down and feel God's breath from heaven. 

I try, but it's not hard for me to be overwhelmed...oh how much I just want to nod and do what I'm told, but I sigh and make a brief scene so you can all pity me.  God wouldn't choose me to bear His Holy Child.   So, as this holiday season comes closer and my life gets busier because of it, I will step back and celebrate the real reason for Christmas...that we were blessed to have the Christ-child among us to provide a way for us to be with our eternal Father.  Mary was a special woman.  Put yourself in her position (guys it's hard I know...but try) and tell yourself if your sufferings are so bad anymore? 

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.