Blessedness of Resignation
Luke 1:38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.


I have at times caught a glimpse of the comfort which it yields to the spirit when I merge my will into God's will, when I resolve to have no will of my own separate from God. I feel quite assured that this renunciation of self and entire devotion to God's service would give a simplicity and grandeur to my existence; would throw an unclouded sunshine over all my ways; would raise me above the cares and provocations of this life; would enhance even my sensible gratifications, and superadd those gratifications of a higher order, which constitute the main and essential blessedness of heaven. O, my God, may it be thus with me!

(Dr. Chalmers.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

WEB: Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.




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