Mary's prayer

**The following post written on Jun 24 2009 at 2:57PM**

Dear all,

To my own surprise, I've actually never read through all four of the gospel books yet— I've only read the first half of Matthew, the whole book of John, and then just bits and pieces of Luke and Mark. Yesterday, I decided to start and finish the book of Luke as my next devotional project. Here I am, amazed by Mary's prayer when she visited Elizabeth, after angel Gabriel's visit and being pregnant with Jesus Christ—

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 extended to those who fear him,
for 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 has lifted up the humble.
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

What a beautiful and humble prayer. My heart sings for seeing such a selfless prayer from an ordinary woman who has just received a blessing that no other woman will ever have. Praises unto Him my Lord :)


Just in case anyone is wondering what I've been up to lately...

- I've been following a pretty simple schedule at home with lots of sleep, food of two kinds, and practicing.

- Because of how simple my life is right now, it is sometimes hard to find materials to write about, which is both a good thing (very relaxing and very little to worry about) and a bad thing (not being able to write as much as I would have liked).

- I will be heading off to San Francisco next Friday (July 3) to visit Jason's family. I hope something cool will happen on July 4! After in SF for a week, Jason and I will head up to a music camp for 3 weeks.

- I haven't been very happy with some of the stuff that's been going on recently, but it is always a big comfort when I count the blessings I've been given and recall how blessed I am to have a wonderful family that I can always count on, and a supernatural God who I can take refuge in.

May God’s light continue to shine on my loved ones and me. I pray for a vast love amongst my brothers and sisters, for we are nothing without love.

Love,
Anna