Day 24 - Advent 2020

Luke 1:39-56 (NIV)
Read by: Skip McDonald

Have you ever been part of planning a surprise party? Or maybe a marriage proposal? Or Christmas morning for a child? There are a few scenarios in our culture where keeping a secret with another person brings excitement and eager anticipation. Today’s passage brings together the birth stories of John the Baptist and Jesus. Two mothers—one elderly, one a virgin. A Holy Spirit filled prophecy and a spontaneous spoken word. God is at work, moving in wombs and tongues, in the hill country of Judea and on the busy trade routes of Galilee. Joyful expectancy is in the air and in the bodies of two unlikely women. The Messiah is coming. In fact, though unseen, he is already here.

As we continue in yesterday’s story, imagine yourself in the scene. What would you be feeling? Thinking? And how would these words of Mary hit you, even now in your life?

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1. What did you hear in the passage? Was there a word or phrase that stood out to you?

2. What emotions were you aware of as you listened to this passage? Where did you feel resonance, where did you feel dissonance?

3. Take some time today to sit with the words of this passage. If there is something specific God has spoken to you, take some time to process that alone or with a friend.

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