Even more remarkable than the fact that Mary was a woman (women were second-class citizens in that era); was the fact that she was a teenager. In all the hordes of religious and academic elite, God the Father couldn't find ONE humble soul that He could trust to partner with Him in His fantastic plan to rescue mankind from themselves. Instead, He crossed all gender, socio-economic, political, ethnic, and class lines and selected this politically incorrect, and (need I mention, as yet unmarried, although she was engaged to Joseph at the time), young Jewish teenager to entrust with the genius plan of salvation for all mankind. I LOVE IT! Mary's story proves that God does not support the oppression and exclusion of ethnics, women, teens, (or infants for that matter), from His work. What a dizzy feeling of awe she must have felt knowing that she was chosen to be in Jesus' bloodline. The fact that she was supernaturally impregnated, (without having intercourse with a human man), solidifies His virgin birth and confirms Jesus' lack of a sin nature. The blood of the Father determines a child's DNA - not the mother. Even down to the smallest deoxyribonucleic acid, Jesus was without sin. Wow. He is genuinely worthy of our respect and trust. Thank you Jesus, for condescending to the level of a child and identifying with our mundane struggles as human beings. Thank you for shedding your blood to erase our sins and for ascending to our Father as our Advocate. You are the only true and living God. I owe you my very life. You saved me from a life of debauchery and dissipation. Now that you've saved, forgiven, cleansed, and cleaned me up spiritually; I can walk confidently toward my divine destiny free from sin, shame, guilt, negative thinking, and self-loathing. You are my hero and champion. I will serve you forever.