Waiting: Day 6
Friday December 5, 2025 And when his time of service was ended, he (Zechariah) went to his home. Luke 1:23, English Standard Version According to verses 21 and 22, the conversation with Gabriel took a while, long enough that people were starting to wonder what might have happened to Zechariah while he was burning incense. Finally, he pops out and starts making gestures to them, proof that Mr. Gabriel was serious about the whole silence thing. Today he’d just send them a tex
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Of Buses and Eternity
Hazel, our five-year-old granddaughter, approached me during our family's Thanksgiving gathering. The look in her eyes indicated she had some pretty big news to share. I was intrigued. You never know what might be happening with the kindergarten crowd. "Hubba," she said, her face lighting up. "I rode on a school bus!" This was big news. Hazel has been fascinated with school buses since her toddler years. "Wow, Hazel! That's awesome!" I replied. "Did you go on a field trip?" "
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Waiting: Day 5
Thursday December 4, 2025 And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.” Luke 1:18, English Standard Version You gotta love Zechariah. He’s old, and his wife is no spring chicken. But that didn’t stop him from praying for a kid, even though he had to know the odds were stacked against them. It might have been 2000 years ago, but the guy did understand that the biological clock had stopped ticking a while ba
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Waiting: Day 4
Wednesday December 3, 2025 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. Luke 1:13, English Standard Version Do you remember when we first met Zechariah and Elizabeth? Luke described them as “advanced in years.” He also said that they had no children. So, they’re way too old to be assembling a crib, decorating a nursery, attending baby showers. And y
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Waiting: Day 3
Tuesday December 2, 2025 Now while he (Zechariah) was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. Luke 1:8, 9, English Standard Version Zechariah doesn’t just show up when it’s his time. He also does his job. Here’s how it worked. Not only did the divisions rotate their times of service, but they also had to divide up the various priestly du
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