Mary: Call Me Blessed

A baby changes everything.

Especially when that baby is the Messiah.

Nobody believed Mary.

Nobody.

Sheclaimedthat the baby she carried was God's Son. Her outraged family quite naturally assumed that the father was her betrothed Joseph. He on the other hand was devastated by the thought of his beloved with another man. And it didn't actually matter to the villagers who the father was—this juicy morsel of gossip was viciously satisfying.

Nobody in Nazareth cared that their ancient Jewish prophecies foretold the Messiah's virgin birth. An unwed mother was well an unwed mother. And they didn't trust her blasphemous tale. That self-righteous girlwouldinvent an outrageous story to disguise her sin. Never mind their own sins she was guilty. She deserved to die.

Ah yes Mary's unborn child changed everything.