Day 12

 

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Luke 1:46-56

“My soul magnifies the Lord”! I have often looked at the words of Mary here and marvelled at how full of faith and love for God this young woman is. I also think about how much of Mary’s song would be from memory, from parts of the Old Testament and think about how she had clearly stored scripture in her heart and how her response comes directly from those words. When we respond to situations, what are we drawing from in our response- our emotions? Logic? Perhaps we can learn something from Mary today and choose to learn scripture to shape our response to situations which arise and see things with God’s eyes.

I am thankful for all the…