Date: 13 Nov 2000
Time: 15:07:29
How can I be first?!?
I've always loved this passage, partly I suspect because of its resonance with the Magnificat I grew up with.
I am thinking about the birthing imagery in Hannah's story and in the gospel. (And my daughter will be six months old on Sunday, so birthing is still pretty fresh in my mind!)
Hannah's song of praise describes what I take to be the same reality Jesus named the Kingdom of God/heaven. It contains all the turning-reality-as-we-know-it-on-its-ear images we would later hear from Jesus, along with the praises due to the God who would accomplish these things.
And the images Jesus uses in the gospel, of wars and famines and such that must be borne but yet cannot be relied upon as exact predictors of the fulfillment of the Kingdom, these might remind one of the doubtless many times Hannah experienced "false labour." (I had that. Twice, once three weeks before I was scheduled to finish work in the parish. Scary, but then a little disappointing as I realized, not yet.)
Just some musings early in the week...
Heather
Date: 18 Nov 2000
Time: 15:42:20
We too should praise God for His goodness. As Thanksgiving approaches, let us thank our God for his wonderful gift of life in Jesus Christ, the Lord.
Date: 19 Nov 2000
Time: 03:45:31
We often forget how awesome our God is. Hannah reminds us of who it is that we serve,and why we can trust God. We ofen pray little prayers, with little faith, and fail to count on God to shine Nomatter what. Charles
Date: 19 Nov 2000
Time: 03:45:49
We often forget how awesome our God is. Hannah reminds us of who it is that we serve,and why we can trust God. We ofen pray little prayers, with little faith, and fail to count on God to shine Nomatter what. Charles