Spirituality is about a relationship with God that allows us to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit who in turn gives us the power to do God’s will. The traditions of men complicate the process with time spent following rituals to earn our way to goodness when in reality the only way to the Father is to know the Son. The only way to know Jesus is through the Holy Spirit who takes the things of God and makes them known to us by breathing life into His Scriptures.
The woman offered praise for Jesus’ mother. Though Jesus always honored Mary, He commented carefully on the woman’s blessing to keep the focus on the word of God. It is easy to allow traditional practices to take the place of the authority of the Scriptures. Jesus offers His blessing to those who respond concretely to God’s will as expressed in the Bible.
Luke 11:27-28
27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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