Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
—Luke 1:34

What?! She expresses the very same question as Zechariah. Doubt is more than skin or word deep. There is a kind of doubting that takes you further away from God, and a type of doubting that draws you closer and draws God’s favor.

For more on this theme, read: Mary: Ordained as Prophetess, Priestess, & Queen.

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