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In 1984 Mark Lowry wrote the lyrics to an instant Christmas classic about Jesus' mother. The music for "Mary Did You Know" was written by Buddy Green seven years later. What a great song.

The songwriter was asking a hypothetical question of a teenage mother about the greatness she was carrying.

I wonder if my mother, Deborah, knew what she was carrying in 1977. Deborah did you know ...

Mary had greatness on the inside of us.

Earlier this week I spoke at New Horizon Learning Center in Panama City, Florida.

With Christmas around the corner I decided to mention the fact that Mary was a teenager j...