Mary is 'blessed among women' <br />not because of her qualifications <br />courses studied exalted prestigious <br />but because of her heart humility <br /> <br />all Mary’s grace came from Christ <br />Mary is vessel instrument of God <br />Mary exemplifies transformation <br />Mary exemplifies divine restoration <br /> <br />never to be forgotten in all eternity <br />God became human through Mary <br />virgin birth slays sin curse sanctified <br />true salvation is in Christ not Mary <br /> <br />Mary a human like every one of us <br />God born human like every one of us <br />Jesus Christ was a human being born <br />Mary gave born to God as flesh born <br /> <br />Jesus Christ flesh incarnate one of us <br />Jesus Christ flesh tempted as one of us <br />Jesus born our brother not a stranger <br />Jesus born suffers all temptation danger <br /> <br />Christ must grow in us as he did in Mary <br />Divine Kingdom of God is born in us <br />Holy Spirit through Christ is born in us <br />Holy kingdom of God is all around us <br /> <br />the Kingdom of God is not built of stone <br />the Kingdom of God is not Vatican Rome <br />the Kingdom of God is born in living flesh <br />thirty nine stripes conquers diseased flesh <br /> <br />Mary became blessed by accepting Christ <br />Christians become blessed by accepting Christ <br />through symbolic baptism reborn in Christ <br />Christ in a reborn Christian living as in Mary <br /> <br />all that is temporal disappears wasted despairs <br />heavenly soul created remains for all eternity <br />virginity of Mary was God's temporal restoration <br />paving God’s purpose choice accept salvation <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blessed-among-women-2/
