Elizabeth - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Elizabeth - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!

— Luke 1:45

REFLECT ON:	Luke 1:5 – 80.
PRAISE GOD:	That he is the Creator who shapes every child in the womb.
OFFER THANKS:	For the gift of children.
CONFESS:	Any tendency to cheapen the value of human life, including unborn life.
ASK GOD:	To restore our appreciation for the miracle of human life.

Lift Your Heart

A person’s a person, no matter how small!

— FROM Horton Hears a Who BY DR. SEUSS

Mary’s visit to Elizabeth probably occurred when Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy. The younger woman may have stayed long enough to help the older one with her delivery. In any case, Mary would have been in the first trimester of her pregnancy and Elizabeth in her third. Here’s what would have been happening to the children growing in their wombs:

Jesus:

18 days — his nervous system appeared.

4 weeks — his heart began beating.

30 days — most of his major organ systems had begun to form.

7 weeks — his facial features would have been visible.

8th week — all his major body structures and organs were present.

10th week — tiny teeth were forming in his gums.

12th week — his brain was fully formed and he could feel pain. He may have even sucked his thumb.

John:

6th month — he could grasp his hands, kick, do somersaults, and hear voices and sounds outside the womb.

Take a few moments to praise your Creator with the beautiful words of Psalm 139:13 – 16:

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

Dear God, you are the Lord and Giver of life. Help me to respect, protect, and nurture it no matter what color, no matter what age, no matter what gender of human being I encounter. I ask this in the name of Jesus, the bread and water of life. Amen.