Episode 13: An Un-Merry Christmas

Описание: ♡ This episode is dedicated to my brave friend Dorothy Lim-Chew ♡

📝EPISODE SUMMARY

Everyone knows the Christmas story. Serene Mary beaming at baby Jesus. Emmanuel, God with us. Beautiful nativity scenes everywhere.
But this year, the podcast host can't stop obsessing over one question: What if Christmas wasn't very merry for Mary?
Think about it. A teenager, heavily pregnant under suspicious relationship circumstances, forced to travel 70-90 miles in her third trimester. Away from home, away from her mother, away from anyone who could help her. Arriving in an unfamiliar town, turned away house after house, shown to a stable—not just to stay, but to give birth.
Baby Jesus had no idea what kind of facility he was born into. God the Father knew and designed it this way. But Mary? She had no say in any of it.
Did she ever question if it really was the Son of God she was carrying? Did doubts cross her mind during labour in that unhygienic place?
Here's the thing: We have 2,000 years of hindsight. Mary didn't. She likely wrestled with doubts and the bloody battle of childbirth without knowing how the story would unfold. "Mary, did you know?" Honestly? Probably not in that moment.
For everyone having an un-Merry Christmas this year, walking through loss, illness, divorce, or just wishing the holidays would be over—maybe seeing Christmas as un-Merry from Mary's vantage point offers comfort, and removes the guilt.
Yet, the truth remains: Emmanuel, God is with us.

⏰TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro: An Un-Merry Christmas
04:08 - Birthing Plans Gone Awry
09:40 - Mary's Trials
16:56 - "Mary Did You Know?" - No, She Didn't
19:45 - Outro

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