Double the Holiday
Have you ever had your birthday fall on another holiday? I have a brother who’s birthday is Christmas Eve. The running joke for those like him is that they never really get to observe their birthday because it is always overshadowed by the greater holiday.
This Sunday we have two festivals of the Church Year falling on one day; Pentecost which comes 50 days after Easter (not counting the Sundays) and The Visitation which is observed on May 31. Neither of these holidays or feasts as they are known overshadows the other though. Both show us the amazing work of the Holy Spirit and His purpose in pointing to the Savior of the world
We should respond as Elizabeth, “And why is this granted to me that…my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:43). She and we know that Jesus did not come because we deserved Him. But we also have the words of Peter, “And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21). Repentance and faith go hand in hand as the Holy Spirit continues to bear witness to Jesus Christ, the Son of God.