Mary's song

After Luke 1:46-56 

Her soul trembles as

it magnifies the knowing

of what’s been done,

a spirit rejoicing

within a girl, a peasant

of no account,

chosen to be,

chosen to bear.

And this girl knows,

and this girl sings,

a great thing has been done,

that great blessing flows,

that great mercy floods,

a generational grace is won.

She sees the new strength,

an unexpected power,

scattering the proud,

dethroning the mighty,

filling the hungry,

dismissing the wealthy, 

empty.

And this girl,

this peasant girl,

carries the promise made,

bears the promise kept,

for generations back,

for generations onward.

And so she sings.

 

Photograph by Janko Ferlic via Unsplash. Used with permission.