“Which, of course, makes us wonder how God worked in Mary’s life:.....”
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The same way God inspired Isiah to write about the Suffering Servant some 6 centuries before it actually happened. God’s ways are not our ways, thank God.
Isiah must have scratched his head in utter disbelief after reading what he wrote. And that goes with all the prophets.
You are, of course, right.
Ryken knows that too.
But God works in each of us in a different way, each of us will have a different story. I suspect that is what the Ryken is wondering about.