This is a two part meditation on the biblical character Elizabeth. Her story is found in Luke 1.
Elizabeth-1
When there's a question mark about my life because nothing seems to be working,
When all the marks of success seem to elude me and all I have are a long string of failures and question marks,
When I have prayed for so long that it seems better to stop praying because there has been no response,
When your faithfulness seems not to extend to the one thing I am trusting you for,
When your word clearly shows that this blessing should be mine but it seems to elude me,
When tears have been my food and there is nothing I can do about my "issue",
When my trust in you is unwavering yet I have no answers,
When it seems that I must have done something wrong,
When it seems that there are no answers,
When I have trusted you like the women of old yet have not received any answers,
Even then, my faith in you remains unwavering.
You are faithful who has promised and I believe I shall see your completion of it.
Increase my faith in you.
Help me to continue to believe.
Elizabeth-2
He has answered!
Yet in a way I did not expect.
He has taken away my disgrace and lifted me up.
My husband is temporarily mute but what a visitation!
And what a dramatic way to announce the birth of our son, John!
Imagine my son being the fore runner of the Messiah!
And one of the few children whose birth was announced by an angel.
Imagine the announcement of my pregnancy being the sign that nothing is impossible with God!
I laughed as hard as Sarah must have laughed!
And when Mary came to visit, I was stunned!
I couldn't imagine how she knew...only for her to come with a tale stranger than fiction.
And John leapt in my womb at the presence of the Messiah!
I had no choice but to cry out words of blessing in the presence of the Ark of the Covenant.
My household has been blessed in these three months as the household of Obededom was when the Ark rested there.
For every tear, he has given joy and laughter!
And it's super exciting to have the privilege of raising a prophet.
I cannot wait to teach him all the prophecies and to prepare him for his work.
How glad I am to know the scriptures!
Waiting eagerly for you baby John...I wouldn't have had it any other way.
How else would all these strange things have happened.
In all things, I praise you LORD!
Angela Azumah Alu, 14/12/2020
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