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The thing about Mary is we don't know a whole lot about her. And again, I am so nosy, I want to know all of the details. But how good is our God that he uses her story to proclaim glory, to reclaim her dignity, and then doesn't share all of the highlights because that is between him and her. Beautiful. Luke 8, one through three says, After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The 12 were with him and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases. Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out. I can't imagine her existence. I can only picture it. And again, I am such a visual person, watching the Chosen allowed me to kind of further put myself in her shoes. Not to my knowledge, I've never been possessed by demons, but I have felt like an outcast. I have felt like a failure. I have felt worthless. I have felt so shameful. And I feel like those are the things that she felt on a grand scale. Not only was she suffering from being possessed by evil spirits, but she was also a woman. We have deducted through, you know, study. I mean, it's not verified, I don't think, but not Mary, doesn't seem to have any family ties. She would have been living on the outskirts of society because people would have feared her. She would have had nothing and no one. Then here comes this Jesus. Not only does he heal her, he sees her and he redeems her life. She fully changed into the person that God had created her to be, to learn from Jesus and then to teach it wherever she goes, to follow behind Jesus as her teacher. And then we all know Jesus is crucified.