At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. Mary had just received the greatest treasure –.

Luke 1:39-40

she was pregnant with Jesus. Who was she going to see? Someone who would understand her. Gabriel, the angel and messenger of God, had said:

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. For no word from God will ever fail.”

Luke 1:36-37

Mary visited someone who could encourage her in her faith and was already a little further along in her pregnancy.

This wise decision did her a world of good. In response to Mary’s voice, the child leapt in Elisabet’s womb! Elisabet exclaimed:

Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!

 Luke 1:45

Mary then proclaimed the message of God’s grace that is sung throughout the world.

On your journey through life, you too carry a treasure with you, a searching heart. Who would be a “safe place” for you to entrust your heart to?

Bible text: Luke 1:39-56