SUNDAY MUSINGS

And in those days, Mary went into the
hill country with haste,into a city of
Juda, and entered in the house of
Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.
Luke 1:39-40

And it came to pass, that when
Elizabeth heard the salutation
of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb.
Luke 1:41

"This was no ordinary leap! Even before he was born, John began to bear witness of Christ. Bruce R. McConkie commented that "from the scriptural accounts it is clear that this means, not alone from the time he came forth out of the womb, but from the time that he as a conscious identity, the spirit having entered the body, was yet encased therein," John received the Holy Ghost and began testifying of Christ." (from: Unto Us a Child Is Born by-Jeffery Marsh)

And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost,
and she spake out with a loud voice and said,
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is
the fruit of thy womb.
And why is it, this blessing is upon me, that
the mother of my Lord should come to me? For
lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation
sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my
womb for joy.
And blessed art thou who believed, for those
things which were told thee by the angel of
the Lord, shall be fulfilled.
Luke 1:42-44