GOOD
THINGS
Mary thanked God for
filling the hungry with good things.
I'm sure she was thinking
of more than what she was eating.
I'm certain she thanked
God often for everything
and everyday added to her
prayers of thanksgiving.
Thankful for God providing
her husband, Joseph,
who obeyed God in taking
her as his wife.
Thankful that he was a
righteous, godly man,
who set a good example as
a Christian.
I'm sure Mary viewed her
husband as a good thing.
Thankful for the safe trip
as they traveled
for there were often
reports of muggers.
Thankful to see family and
friends
as they reached their long
journey's end.
Safe travels, friends and
family, are more good things.
Thankful for a place to
stay,
even though it smelled
like hay.
Also thankful there were
no complications
when her pregnancy came to
its completion.
Shelter and good health
are always good things.
Thankful for those
encouragers
that came in the form of
shepherds
who told her of events too
awesome and wonderful to contemplate.
Events that the foundation
of society would one day shake.
Those who encourage us
bless us with good things.
Thankful that God keeps
His promises
in providing a Savior
named Jesus,
who is also Immanuel, God
with us,
when in faith we believe
in God and trust.
God's promises are very
good things.
* * * * *
So thankful Mary was, she
treasured and pondered all these amazing things
in her spirit, heart, and
soul for God had become her everything.
There wasn't anything she
didn't thank God for.
There wasn't anyone she
could have loved more.
Like Mary, does your soul
glorify the Lord?
Like Mary, does your
spirit rejoice in God?
Are words of gratitude
spoken throughout your day
in praise to the Creator
of all your days?
You'll find that if your
day starts
filled with a grateful
heart
joy will bubble up in you
and last the whole day
through.
He has filled the hungry
with good things.
Luke 1:53
Mary treasured up all
these things and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:19
My soul glorifies the
Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Savior,
for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant...
the Mighty One has done
great things for me – holy is his name.
Luke 1:46-49
GREAT THINGS
A
miracle: a great and good work that only the one true God can do –
a miracle for sure.
Mary glorified God with
rejoicing for the great things God was doing through her.
Not only for choosing her
to be the mother
of Jesus, the Son of God,
the promised Savior,
but for God's mercy to all
generations,
God's forbearance seen
everyday in action.
What a great thing
God's gift of mercy is!
Undeserved for sure. How
gracious God is!
Compassionate.
Faithful. Patient.
Abounding in
loving-kindness which endures forever.
And thankfully hearing
and, in His time, answering prayers.
Consider what a great
thing God's mighty deeds are.
Speaking forth night and
day, the sun, the moon, the stars,
vegetation,
animals, humans...
starting with creation -
then bringing salvation!
Great things -
lifting up the humble,
causing the proud in heart
to stumble.
Great things –
filling our hungry souls
while mindful to
rightfully bestow.
God does desire the best
for us
lovingly honored through
faith and trust.
What great things
God has done for us!
What great things
God has planned for us!
What great things
are available when we, like Mary,
rejoice in God, our
Savior, and bring God glory.
I know you can say with
me, God has done great things.
That God should love you
and I, what a great thing!
* * * * *
How God desires that we be
like Mary -
that our soul and spirit
give God glory!
To be so in tune with
God's will for us
that our words and
thoughts glorify Jesus!
We all can say like Mary,
God has done great things for us.
May we use God's blessings
to us to glorify Jesus.
One blessing is God's
mercy, God's love for us despite our actions.
This is one blessing that
God extends toward all generations.
Every day God performs
mighty works, miracles,
when prayer is answered
for something that seems quite impossible.
What great thing
has God granted you recently?
Like Mary, are you
praising and giving God glory?
God will bless you when
you worship Him
with words of praise and
thanksgiving.
May giving God glory
be your life's story.
And Mary said:
My soul glorifies the
Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Savior,
for he has been mindful
of the humble state of
his servant.
From now on all
generations will call me blessed,
for the Mighty One has
done great things for me -
holy is his name.
His mercy extends to
those who fear him,
from generation to
generation.
He has performed mighty
deeds with his arm;
he has scattered those
who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
He has brought down
rulers from their thrones
but lifted up the
humble.
He has filled the hungry
with good things
but has sent the rich
away empty.
He has helped his
servant Israel,
remembering to be
merciful
to Abraham and his
descendants forever,
even as he said to our
fathers.
Luke 1:46-55
Because of the Lord's
great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions
never fail.
They are new every
morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Be glad and rejoice.
Surely the Lord has done
great things.
Joel 2:21
Take a moment to read the
following from Psalm 146.
Quite similar to Mary's
prayer starting at Luke 1:46.
A verification of Mary's
believing faith
through a spiritual
upbringing and her heart of grace.
Blessed is he whose help
is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the
Lord his God,
the Maker of heaven and
earth,
the seas, and everything
in them -
the Lord, who remains
faithful forever.
He upholds the cause of
the oppressed
and gives food to the
hungry.
The Lord sets prisoners
free,
the Lord gives sight to
the blind,
the Lord lifts up those
who are bowed down,
the Lord loves the
righteous.
The Lord watches over
the alien
and sustains the
fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the
ways of the wicked.
Psalm 146:5-9
When you read the word
"great" throughout the Scriptures daily
perhaps you could
transpose great to mean extra-ordinary
and come to realize God's
amazing grace, also extra-ordinary.
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