i'd do such a good job anyway. you really must have the wrong person! i'm sure that sally next door would do a much better job!" but if mary had responded like we do, she would have missed out on the blessing of her life!
yet how often are we willing to pass up the blessings of our lives because the task god asks us to do kicks us out of our "comfort zone"?
lord, may i be more like mary! whatever the task that you give me to do, may my willing response be: "i am the lord's servant . . . may it be to me as you have said 