Luke 1:34-38
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” 35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.” 38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Today’s good news is this, faith is hard and what we do in our personal faith and as the church will never be perfect but we are not alone. God has sent the
Holy Spirit to each of us and we have each other to lean on. The Holy Spirit empowers us to move through and do things we could not do on our own. Just as Mary has her cousin
Elizabeth to understand what she is going through, we have our brothers and sisters in Christ who are praying and caring for us. In fact today other people from the church are
reading this journal and thinking about you as you should be thinking of them. Take a moment to pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ and thank God for them as partners on this journey of faith.
