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LUKE 1:29-30

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"And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, 'Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God.'"








Luke 1:29-30 (KJV)





“Troubled” doesn’t seem like the right word here. Not that I am arguing with Dr. Luke or the KJ translators but it seems mild. I checked other translations and got “greatly troubled,” by NIV, and “perplexed,” by the NASB, “confused and disturbed,” by NLT. The angel tells her not to be afraid but she’s not. She’s troubled, perplexed confused disturbed but not afraid. This tells me she is young. Maybe she doesn’t realize she should be afraid. People believed you could die just looking at the Angel of the Lord.





Or maybe she does realize who she is talking to and she is still not afraid. Maybe she has a relationship with God. Even though God wasn’t speaking through His prophets, I can’t believe people didn’t seek and find Him.





How far to Bethlehem? Pretty far for me because I get started and then “O look a cute cactus” and then “What a pretty rock over there,” and then before you know it, I’ve wandered away again. This time it seems like a longer and harder journey back to the right road.





See ya when I get there.

Lani