Word to the Wise
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Advent
[Song of Songs 2:8-14 or Zephaniah 3:14-18a and Luke 1:39-45]The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior; he will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love..... [Zephaniah]<br /> For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.....[Luke
My many years in campus ministry have meant that I have witnessed a lot of weddings and subsequently have celebrated a lot of baptisms! Visits to many of these couples have meant that I have spent time with expectant moms. A recent visit with one of those couples featured an occasional glimpse of mom placing her hand on her tummy because baby was vigorously kicking! It is well known that babies in utero can react to outside stimuli as well as to the moods of mom! All of this can help us to visualize the "visitation" of Mary to Elizabeth! Of course, Elizabeth is six months along and Mary is just newly pregnant. So, John the Baptist is already getting active.
The prevalent mood of today's scripture (even the one from the Song of Songs) is one of joy! There is the joy that an expectant mother may experience. There is the shared joy of the "sisterhood" of expectant moms. I witnessed this when in public places with a pregnant friend. There will be the joy of John's father, Zechariah, when John is born and Zechariah recovers his speech! Can we see this as more than biblical history and "catch the mood" and join in the joy? Both these children were born to more than their parents and families. They are being born for us! AMEN
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