When God became man: Faithful God, trusting maiden

"'And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord'" (Luke 1:45).

Elizabeth blessed Mary in her final recorded statement to her. She commended Mary's faith, saying her young relative had indeed trusted God would do just what He had promised. Mary had cast herself upon the mercy and trustworthiness of God, and He had shown Himself faithful.

Mary may not have been able to tell she was pregnant, but the response of Elizabeth and her pre-born son confirmed she was. Indeed, she could be certain the babe she carried was conceived by the Holy Spirit. Mary had trusted God's Word, and He had proven her faith well-founded.