Luke 1:39-45 Mary got up and hurried to a city in the Judean highlands. She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. With a loud voice she blurted out, “God has blessed you above all women, and he has blessed the child you carry. Why do I have this honor, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. Happy is she who believed that the Lord would fulfill the promises he made to her.”
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n1. Take a few moments in silence to center yourself. Consider what you desire from this encounter with God.
n2. Read the scripture passage twice, slowly, so the details become familiar.
n3. Close your eyes and imagine what is going on. What do you see? Hear? Smell? Taste? Touch?*
n4. What emotions rise up for you? Does anything in particular cause a reaction for you?*
n5. Where do you see yourself in the scripture?*
n6. What questions or thoughts bubble up?
n7. Close this time by talking honestly to God about your experience.
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n*If you are practicing this with children, offering them crayons and paper to draw the scripture is a good way for them engage with the scripture.