I so hope today you are reading Mary's beautiful song - usually called the Magnificat. (Luke 1:39-56) It is the seed bed of some of the most gorgeous praise music that we sing.
Mary's excitement in this song is surely contagious. When she sings "my spirit rejoices in God my Savior", it means leaps for joy. It reminds us of Hannah's song of gratefulness in I Samuel 2. Both of them are birthed out of their dreams of being a mother and their humble thanks for God's provision. Their thoughts center more on God than "me". (Mary's features God in eight out of ten verses).
Also Mary's just glows with her love of scripture. There are 20 Old Testament references in the 10 verses.
Reading this song you have to agree that " Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!" And these are words that I love to take personally. I encourage you to do that too.
Mary's excitement in this song is surely contagious. When she sings "my spirit rejoices in God my Savior", it means leaps for joy. It reminds us of Hannah's song of gratefulness in I Samuel 2. Both of them are birthed out of their dreams of being a mother and their humble thanks for God's provision. Their thoughts center more on God than "me". (Mary's features God in eight out of ten verses).
Also Mary's just glows with her love of scripture. There are 20 Old Testament references in the 10 verses.
Reading this song you have to agree that " Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!" And these are words that I love to take personally. I encourage you to do that too.
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