
โ๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ; ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ; ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐; ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ; ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.โ โ๐๐๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ญ:๐ฐ๐ฒโ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Mary sees clearly a most remarkable thing about God: He is about to change the course of all human history. The most important three decades in all of time are about to begin.
And where is God? Occupying himself with two obscure, humble womenโone old and barren (Elizabeth), one young and virginal (Mary). And Mary is so moved by this vision of God, the lover of the lowly, that she breaks out in song โ a song that has come to be known as โthe Magnificatโ (Luke 1:46โ55).
Mary and Elizabeth are wonderful heroines in Lukeโs account. He loves the faith of these women. The thing that impresses him most, it appears, and the thing he wants to impress on Theophilus, his noble reader, is the lowliness and cheerful humility of Elizabeth and Mary
Elizabeth says,โWhy is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord would come to me?โ (Luke 1:43). And Mary says, โHe has looked on the humble estate of his servantโ (Luke 1:48).
๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฎโ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐.
SOURCE: Taken from Good News of Great Joy (Daily Readings for Advent) by John Piper. ยฉ 2013