Mother’s Day 2023
Elisabeth-John (Luke 1:5-7, 15-17, 57, 60)
“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.”
“For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
“Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.”
“And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.”
Barren in her old age, Elizabeth was another of the miracle mothers in the Bible. She conceived and gave birth to a son. She and her husband named him John, as an angel had instructed.
Like Hannah before her, Elizabeth dedicated her son to God, and like Hannah’s son, he also became a great prophet, John the Baptist. Elizabeth’s joy was complete when her relative Mary visited her, pregnant with the future Savior of the World. (Zavada, Jack. “8 Mothers in the Bible Who Served God Well.” Learn Religions, Apr. 5, 2023, learnreligions.com/mothers-in-the-bible-701220.)
Distinctive traits of a Godly mother:
Righteous before God
Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskasenior.com
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