Mary Visits Elizabeth

In Luke, chapter 1, Mary is told by an angel that she would become pregnant by the Holy Spirit and deliver a baby who was the Son of God. According to the verses I shared here on Sunday, she took the news surprisingly well. And today we read how she wanted to share that news with her relative Elizabeth.

Whether we have good new or bad news, isn’t it helpful to share it with someone else, like a trusted friend or relative?  

Luke 1:39-45, New Living Translation

A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.”