Have you ever set out on a journey with enthusiasm in your heart, and then you make it a ways into the trip, and that enthusiasm has waned and you're wondering why you're going at all? What do you need at that point? You need someone to remind you of your original decision, of your commitment, of your passion.
Elizabeth does this for Mary. She reminds Mary that Mary has believed that what God has spoken would be fulfilled. Mary has surely asked herself if she is crazy for believing this, and here is Elizabeth, offering some grounding for Mary. She is affirming Mary's choices. She is reminding Mary that she is on the right path. She is pointing to God.
We need people like this in our lives, and we need to be people like this -- people who affirm and support, and remind one another that we are called by Christ to love and to serve.
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