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Mary's Song

Do you have a favourite Christmas carol?

Songs like Joy to the World and Go Tell It on the Mountain invoke feelings of joy and excitement, the perfect soundtrack to get up and dance and clap your hands to.

Others like Silent Night, Away in a Manger, and O Come, All Ye Faithful stir hearts and may even evoke tears. These songs were all written not just as anthems for a season, but as worship and adoration to God.

It is with this same spirit that we read today’s passage, not just words on a page, but as the title reminds us, it is Mary’s song of worship, pouring out all glory to the God who has blessed her so greatly.

Imagine Mary, on her feet, enthusiastically singing these words; she cannot contain her excitement, and it wells up in a beautiful rhythm of lyrics and dance. Hear in these words the joy and praise that fill the air throughout Elizabeth's home. Picture yourself there with her, her words now yours, giving all glory to the God who has remembered YOU, blessed you, who helped and saved you.

Mary’s song is littered with biblical quotations, scriptures from David’s Psalms and the Prophets that she would have known since childhood. Mary doesn’t just sing for herself, but for her nation, her world, that has been aching for their Saviour. And He is now nearly here.

Reflect: If you wrote your own worship song to God, what would it sound like? What would you say? Take out a pen and paper, and spend some time writing your own worship to God.

Pray: Lord, thank you that you remembered me, blessed me, helped me, and saved me! Today, I give you all of my praise and worship.