Here is the continuing story from yesterday. Mary enters as a character, when the Angel Gabriel appears to her. Again, read slowly and try to take in the story.
Luke 1 click here if you want to read the whole chapter
Two Friends Each Recieve Amazing News
It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived.
She went off by herself for five months,
relishing her pregnancy.
"So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said.
In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy,
God sent the angel Gabriel
to the Galilean village of Nazareth
to a virgin engaged to be married
to a man descended from David.
His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary.
Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her:
Good morning!
You're beautiful with God's beauty,
Beautiful inside and out!
God be with you.
She was thoroughly shaken,
wondering what was behind a greeting like that.
But the angel assured her,
"Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you:
You will become pregnant
and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus.
He will be great, be called 'Son of the Highest.'
The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David;
He will rule Jacob's house forever - no end, ever, to his kingdom."
Mary said to the angel,
"But how? I've never slept with a man."
The angel answered,
The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
the power of the Highest hover over you;
Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy,
Son of God.
"And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth
conceived a son, old as she is?
Everyone called her barren,
and here she is six months' pregnant!
Nothing, you see, is impossible with God."
And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now:
I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve.
Let it be with me just as you say.
Then the angel left her.
Mary didn't waste a minute.
She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country,
straight to Zachariah's house,
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting,
the baby in her womb leaped.
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
and sang out exuberantly,
You're so blessed among women,
and the babe in your womb,
also blessed!
And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me?
The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears,
The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy.
Blessed woman,
who believed what God said,
believed every word would come true!
And Mary said,
I'm bursting with God-news
Question to ponder:
What friend do you have with whom you have shared or could share the deep secret joys of your heart? Can New Light be a place where we can find friends like that?
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