Prologue: the Chosen One

I was chosen; I have not done anything extraordinary, anything that is more than someone else is capable of doing.

The only thing I have done is to be my Lord's servant. I am devoted to Him. Still, it puzzles me, for there are certainly others who are capable of being as loyal and humble as I have tried to be, and there are indeed others who are more than I am. After all, I am only a girl of fifteen. But the messenger who spoke to me said that my Lord was pleased with me.

My Lord has honored me, but also overwhelmed me. I will depend on Him more and more in the coming weeks.

Ah! For now that the village knows, I am an outsider. The people watch and talk about me, some mocking and others scandalized. My betrothed has been very kind to me, obeying the message that was brought to him as I obeyed mine. For indeed, who are we to disobey the Lord?

But, with my Lord's help, I am happy, not taking the things that are being said about me to heart. Even the rumors that I may be stoned cannot penetrate my joy! For I am the Lord's servant, and He has chosen me for a frightening but glorious task: I am to be the mother of His earthly child.

Ok maybe I am just biased... but I LOVE THIS!!! Proud of you for posting this! .... But beside that
This is good, the story of Mary is SO intriguing to us writers because of the horrible plight she has to face but how important it is! I like how you wrote this trying to capture how this girl felt in the deepest part of her troubles and how she is leaning on her God. I like how you were vague with the whole thing too =D
Now for the criticism! dum dum dum
This is so short! I feel like I was kind of cheated out of a great story! Like maybe this is just the advertisement or something! I know that you probably meant for it to be that way... but is there away you give me slightly more meat?
Well, over all; it’s great stuff and well written, please keep it up!

Hiya,

I found this really captivating. The vagueness of it made it really intriguing. However, I agrea with happybear, that it was too short. I understand that prologues are supposed to be shorter than regular chapters, but this was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy short. It seems like it would be more like a preface, rather than a prologue.

anyway, I did like this a lot. Keep up the excellent work!