Luke 1: 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! "
Elizabeth speaks to her cousin, Mary. Elizabeth is pregnant at an advanced age, and her husband has been struck dumb since he questioned the angel who told him that would happen. Now Mary shows up, also pregnant. And Elizabeth knows, from the reaction of baby John inside her, that Mary will give birth to the Messiah.
How excited these women must have been! Elizabeth believed that she would never have a child, and now she will be the mother of a great man. Her cousin will bear the hope of all mankind. Talk about a new beginning! At the New Year, it's good to think about those events that changed history.
Prayer: I awake this morning, the first day of a year my mother won't see. I have been through a lot of upheaval in the last 4 months of the year. I know how vast my blessings are, and I am more aware than ever of my need for my Lord and Savior. Help me to do all i can to make 2016 a great year for the advancement of Your will, God.
Amen
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