Social Stigma

These days there's not the same stigma associate with children being born outside of marraige than there was in Jesus' day. So imagine how Mary felt when she was told she would conveive a baby by the Holy Spirit - fear, apprehension and well as the joy of kowing she would give birth to the Son of God. She need not have feared because Joseph, by God's instruction, married Mary.

Years later when Jesus was in his thirties, he still was the recipient of hateful and stigmatic comments about his origin. At one point Jesus was talking to some people about being God's true children, when they said to him, "We were not born out of wedlock! Our true Father is God himself" (John 8:41).

Through this we realise that Jesus can identify with, and understand social stigmas as he has been the subject of such himself. If you are suffering from social stigma, whether as a single parent or for some other reason, come to Jesus today. Do not hesitate in asking Him to help you, as He alone has promised to love everyone. He has had the experience of being stagmatized, and will be there for you.