Come to the 21st century and hear the story of one woman whose name was not Mary. Under the worst of circumstances, she also made the better choice. If you are looking for relevance, her story is relevant, one meant for our times, difficult times, recession times. She was then a sixteen year old, working to make ends meet to support family. By that, I mean she and her mother, who was invalid. Her father, a member of the Lord’s church too, just died, apparently a suicide. She was the only child of a marriage that never lasted long, an unschooled teenager taught by a great schooled preacher. Because her father had thought of himself as a hopeless case, she chose to hope that things for her and her mother would be better. The Lord was their hope.
