Now Maryam* arose in those days and went into the hill
country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted
Elizabeth. 41 And it happened, when Elizabeth
heard the greeting of Maryam, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth
was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said,
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your
womb! 43 But why is this granted
to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For indeed, as soon as the voice
of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 Blessed is she who believed, for there
will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
* Jesus spoke Aramaic. In Aramaic His mother’s name is
Maryam.
Luke 1:39-45
We
know from the above Bible verses that Maryam went to visit Elizabeth. The open
question to me is why did Maryam decide to travel while pregnant to visit
Elizabeth? The outcome of the visit was beneficial to Maryam; and all of
us; because the welcome which Elizabeth, by the Spirit of prophecy, gave to
Maryam, the mother of our Lord; was not as to a common friend making a common
visit, but as to one of whom the Messiah was to be born. Obviously the visit
was also beneficial to Elizabeth too.
The
answer to my question of why may be that it was a visit created and made
possible by The Holy Spirit.
A
lesson that we can learn could be as follows: It is very beneficial for
those of us that grace has begun in their souls, and Christ is in the forming
there, to consult those who are in the same condition, that they may
communicate experiences one to another; Christian to Christian.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba
Father, thank You for loving me with a deep
and everlasting love, thank You for Your abundant blessings in my life, and for
the riches of Your grace upon my life. Lord, You blessed Maryam, the Mother of
Jesus, and did great things for her. Help me Lord to learn from the mother of
our Lord to be humble and get rid of all pride within me. Lord I join the
blessed Mother of our Lord Jesus in saying: ‘My soul magnifies You God and my
spirit rejoices in my Saviour’. Teach me to hear Your voice God and to believe
in the fulfillment of the things which I will hear from You. Heavenly Father, let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my
trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul. Father
God
I praise You, revere You, worship You, I stand in awe of You, I lift You up on
high, and glorify Your Holy Name.
In
the name of the King of kings and Lord of lords, in the Holy Name of Jesus I
pray. To
Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever and unto ages of all
ages. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
وَفِي
تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، قَامَتْ مَرْيَمُ وَذَهَبَتْ مُسْرِعَةً إِلَى الْجِبَالِ،
قَاصِدَةً إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا.
40 فَدَخَلَتْ بَيْتَ زَكَرِيَّا
وَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَى أَلِيصَابَاتَ.
41 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ أَلِيصَابَاتُ
سَلاَمَ مَرْيَمَ، قَفَزَ الْجَنِينُ دَاخِلَ بَطْنِهَا. وَامْتَلَأَتْ
أَلِيصَابَاتُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ،
42 وَهَتَفَتْ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ قَائِلَةٍ:
«مُبَارَكَةٌ أَنْتِ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ! وَمُبَارَكَةٌ ثَمَرَةُ بَطْنِكِ!
43 فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لِي هَذَا: أَنْ
تَأْتِيَ إِلَيَّ أُمُّ رَبِّي؟
44 فَإِنَّهُ مَا إِنْ وَقَعَ صَوْتُ
سَلاَمِكِ فِي أُذُنَيَّ حَتَّى قَفَزَ الْجَنِينُ ابْتِهَاجاً فِي بَطْنِي:
45
فَطُوبَى لِلَّتِي آمَنَتْ أَنَّهُ سَيَتِمُّ مَا قِيلَ لَهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ
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