Have you had your JOY JUICE today? Share some Christmas JOY JUICE 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 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 JUICE…. 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!
That's always a moving story from the Word of God. John the Baptist was joyful from the womb to the tomb about what he would share to the world about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thanks for sharing, Ms. JOYce!!
ReplyDeleteJerome D.