Remember the ladies and include the men.
“They saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him.” We know wise women who are as dedicated and faithful as the Wise Men who followed a star to find Jesus. I love the phrase. “Wise men still seek them.” I include women in that statement too. We’ve seen whom … Read more
Anna the Prophetess Who? She lost her husband when she was young. She had been married for less than ten years. When we meet Anna in the second chapter of Luke, she’s an elderly widow of many years.How did she go on with life? But she did her best and served at the temple. She and another … Read more
Elisabeth and her husband, Zacharias, were good people. They were in their golden years and had been faithful to the Lord, and, yet, nothing could fully prepare them for the news from the angel, Gabriel. Zacharias was probably the most shocked. While doing his priestly duties in the temple, Gabriel appeared to him privately. Understandably, … Read more