Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 1:46-50
by: Victoria Shephard.
Mary's song of praise has many things in common with Hannah's. It is a sameness worth noting, especially considering their situations when the words were spoken. Like Hannah, Mary felt like an outsider. Who would believe she was pregnant with no man involved? The other women in Nazareth must have treated her with suspicion and whispered behind her back. Yet, like Hannah, Mary was able to give praise to God in the midst of her pain. She shows us that the path from pain to joy is through praise.