When we think of mothers who shaped the course of biblical history, no name stands higher than Mary, the mother of Jesus. Yet the remarkable thing about Mary is not her prominence but her humility. She was not a queen, a prophetess, or a ruler. She was a young woman from the small village of Nazareth, largely unknown to the world. Yet God chose her to bear and nurture the promised Messiah. Mary's story reminds us that God often works through ordinary people who are willing t