Choosing Christmas Day Three
Day Three December 5 I wish I could read your individual responses to yesterday’s journal prompt. Hearing from other women is what I love about group Bible study. I learn so much from y’all! The fact is, we aren’t told why God had Gabriel reveal Elizabeth’s pregnancy to Mary; but over the next few days, I want to explore a couple possibilities that have occurred to me. First,
Choosing Christmas Day One
Day One December 3 The scripture passage for our Advent is familiar to most, but I’m asking the Spirit of God to breathe fresh revelation into our study. The passage opens with an exchange between two women—one old, one young; one barren-until-blessed, one virginal-past-conception. Meet Elizabeth, the aging wife of a Hebrew priest, expectant with John the Baptist, and Mary, a young teenager pregnant with Promise Himself. The
Elizabeth Liddy Dole in the Southern Quote
She was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, July 29th, 1934. Her father was a wholesale florist, her mother a stay at home mom. They determined to give little Elizabeth a traditional southern upbringing. She spent her childhood studying the piano and ballet and entering essay contests. Her parents' instilled in her a rock-solid work ethic based on the habit of appraising your success by evaluating