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How long have you been married? At the end of this week only 33 years ago, just about 3 months after meeting, my perfect boyfriend with a proposal of marriage put a ring on my finger. So much to say, so little time…another day. I do remember it as if it were yesterday. This young(er) me was full of every eagerness to please my soon to be husband. I would have done most anything if I knew it would put a smile on his face and in his heart. On the contrary, I didn’t want to do or say anything that would hurt him.
Can you imagine Mary’s position here? What do you think *you* would have done? Mary? In absolute, Mary left…
This word, haste, probably conjures a negative connotation in your mind because we tend to use it as a bad thing, who hasn’t heard their grandmother (or repeated her words): haste makes waste. In scripture the word haste typically refers to something done with urgency of time. Mary went to see Elizabeth with haste-in a hurry. She needed to get there with urgency. BUT, that was easier said than done.
Psalm 107:29