{"id":4269,"date":"2025-12-23T00:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:43:56","slug":"marys-joy-in-the-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/marys-joy-in-the-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary\u2019s Joy In The Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tuesday, December 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary\u2019s Joy In The Promise <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The LORD says, &#8220;Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are one of the smallest towns in Judah, but out of you I will bring a ruler for Israel, whose family line goes back to ancient times.&#8221; <strong>Micah 5:2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Luke 1 verses 46 through 55, we find Mary\u2019s song overflows with joy, proclaiming that God lifts the lowly, fills the hungry, and keeps His promises. Advent is about anticipating this joy the joy of a King who will reign with mercy, justice, and love.<\/p>\n<p>As we wait, we are invited to rejoice, not because circumstances are perfect, but because God is faithful. The promised King brings hope and light into our lives, no matter how dark our world may seem.<\/p>\n<p>Take time to read Mary\u2019s song slowly. Let her joy remind you that waiting for God\u2019s promises is not passive it is filled with hope, praise, and expectation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Lord, fill my heart with Mary\u2019s joy as I wait for You. Help me to trust Your promises and rejoice in Your coming Kingdom. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, December 23 Mary\u2019s Joy In The Promise The LORD says, &#8220;Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are one of the smallest towns in Judah, but out of you I will bring a ruler for Israel, whose family line goes back to ancient times.&#8221; Micah 5:2 In Luke 1 verses 46 through 55, we find Mary\u2019s song overflows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4274,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions\/4274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}