Mary the Mother of jesus Archives ⋆ Diana Leagh Matthews

The Nativity by Dianne Marie Andre

December 22, 2022 2 comments

<img width="270" height="203" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Mary.jpg?resize=270%2C203&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="3020" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/joseph-discovers-marys-news/mary/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Mary.jpg?fit=270%2C203&ssl=1" data-orig-size="270,203" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Mary" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Joseph was betrothed to Mary, whom God chose to bring the Savior into the World</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Mary.jpg?fit=270%2C203&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Mary.jpg?fit=270%2C203&ssl=1" />

Mary, mother of Jesus. My heart can barely grasp what an extraordinary woman she must have been to be chosen the mother of the world’s Savior. I imagine her perfect, without sin. Though this is unlikely, God blessed her above all women. Yet His path for Mary wasn’t easy. To avoid disgrace as an unwed mother, God instructed her fiancée […]

A Common Girl An Uncommon Time Journey II by Jane Baker

December 15, 2022 Leave a comment

Thanks to Caesar Augustus’s demand for a census, which Mary didn’t mind, since it rescued her from Nazareth, Mary and Joseph trod the same crowded road Mary had six months ago. The donkey plodded along, and she recalled arranging her clothing to mask her expanding abdomen when she’d walked back into Nazareth after her visit with Elizabeth. Mary planned to […]

A Common Girl, An Uncommon Time Journey I by Jane Baker

December 8, 2022 Leave a comment

After a long walk from Nazareth with Daniel’s family, finally Elizabeth’s shaky soprano drifted over her wall, her words from a psalm of David Mary recognized. “You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.” The swish of her broom kept time to […]

Genealogy of Jesus: The Wife of Uriah

April 14, 2016 3 comments

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/003-david-bathsheba.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="3329" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/the-wife-of-uriah/003-david-bathsheba/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/003-david-bathsheba.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="003-david-bathsheba" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>David was immediately drawn to Bathsheba</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/003-david-bathsheba.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/003-david-bathsheba.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" />

In the genealogy of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1, we are told “David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife.” We know from the Biblical account found in 2 Samuel 11, that the wife of Uriah was named Bathsheba. The story of how she and David came to be the parents of Solomon is told in […]

Genealogy of Jesus: Mary, the Mother of Jesus

April 7, 2016 Leave a comment

Last week, we finished studying the life of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. This week we are starting a new study on the women in the Genealogy of Jesus. The five women mentioned by name are listed in the Genealogy account found in Matthew 1. I am piggybacking this study onto the study of Mary. With Mother’s Day just weeks […]

Book Review: Dear Mary

October 3, 2015 Leave a comment

Having read Sarah Jakes Colliding with Destiny I was excited to read her next book, Dear Mary. Dear Mary are letters written to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, interspersing her life with examples of current day motherhood interspersed, primarily using examples from the authors life. The book was very well written and provided a great insight into the life, heart, […]