child herself. On the tiring journey, probably in the safety of a caravan, Mary had time to meditate on the goodness of God and the awesome part he had chosen her to play in history. She must have spent a great deal of time in prayer, and she must have searched her memory for every psalm of praise she had planted there. At the beginning of an amazing journey—one no other woman would ever travel—Mary’s focus was in the right place. She knew, and expressed through her song, that the resources of God