Mary responds to all of this with a song, and the song is rooted in history. I love how often Scripture does this -- it's pointing backwards, looking at all the things God has done. You can tell that Mary knows more than just her story -- she knows God's larger story, and she's rooted in that. Her chapter is just a small piece of what God is doing, but it fits in with that, and so she's also a part of how God is moving forward. Mary sees her work in the scope of the larger expansion of the Kingdom of God, and she celebrates that.
This is why we read Scripture. This is why we anchor ourselves in Scripture -- because it helps us see our story as part of something far larger than ourselves. It's not just about us. It's not just a small story, but it's cosmic in scope, and God is calling us deeper into relationship, into true life, and we're joining with Christians in every time and place as we sing God's praise and live into God's story.
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