What’s so special about Mary, the mother of Jesus? She was picked by the Father to bear His Son. That is the greatest honor ever bestowed on a woman in the history of the world. However, God honored her because He found a woman who would BELIEVE. When Mary came to visit Elisabeth, her cousin who was pregnant with John (the Baptist) later in her life, spoke this with the help of the Holy Spirit about Mary, “And blessed is she that believed, for there shall be a performance of those things that were told her from the Lord” (Luke 1:45). Mary was blessed and honored because she believed that what the angel told her would come true, and that she would have a baby with the help of the Holy Spirit, who would be the SAVIOR of the world. That word became flesh. That word given her became Jesus!