Have you
had your Joy Juice today? Share some
Christmas Joy with your friends and relatives!
When Mary
found out that she was going to be the mother of Jesus, the angel also informed
her that her relative Elizabeth
was going to have a baby. Mary could
hardly wait to visit Elizabeth,
so they could share their “secrets” which had been revealed to them.
Remember,
they didn’t have telephones or email.
They couldn’t text one another back and forth or have a Skype video
chat. They had to actually travel by
foot or donkey to visit one another.
Listen to the account of the first visit after the angel had brought them
the good news.
“At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country
of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the
baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth
was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a
loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
child you will bear! But why am I so
favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached
my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy!
Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will
be accomplished.”
Did you hear
all the JOY JUICE that was flowing from that passage? CHRISTMAS JOY! The Holy Spirit had spoken truth into
Elizabeth’s heart and she knew that the baby Mary was carrying was the
Messiah. Just hearing those words spoken
through Elizabeth
must have been such a source of encouragement, faith and joy for Mary.
May God
reveal Himself so vividly during this Christmas season that you find your own
heart leaping with joy!
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