God prepared the perfect couple to raise His Son, and their humility shows in unconditional submission. Mary was an ordinary Jewess of David's line, not yet converted, whom God favored by grace rather than because she was qualified. Luke points glory toward God, not Mary, as the source of that favor. When the angel disturbed her, she did not become flighty but thought carefully, as one who kept things in her heart. Convinced by the angel's quotations of Isaiah's prophecies and by the sign of Elizabeth's pregnancy, she answered, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." Like Hannah, she yielded herself to God's choice and gave her life to the task. Joseph was a kind, thoughtful, just man who, finding Mary pregnant, sought to put her away quietly to spare her shame rather than expose her. Told in a dream that the Child was conceived of the Holy Spirit, he accepted it without complaint or reply and did exactly as commanded. The angel did not mention Christ's kingship to him, which hints that he cared more for spiritual matters than for his Davidic lineage. Though God's intervention upended their personal plans, both selflessly said, in effect, "So be it, Lord. What would You like us to do next?"