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Weekend, May 19 & 20

Dear Moms: Elizabeth

"Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord."
Luke 1:45

Recommended Reading Luke 1:5–80

Parents are often excited when their children announce a calling from the Lord to full-time ministry--until they learn that calling involves living half a world away on the mission field, or ministering in a dangerous inner-city setting, or reaching out to young people involved in alternative lifestyles.

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Elizabeth was a mother who knew before her son was born that he was going to be "different." The angel Gabriel told Elizabeth's husband, Zacharias, that their son--to be named John--would live a Nazirite lifestyle (Numbers 6:1-21) and minister "in the spirit and power of Elijah . . . to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17). If anything, Elijah was known as a radical in the eyes of the world. And that's what Elizabeth could expect as her son, John, went out to prepare the way for the coming of his cousin, the Messiah, Jesus. And sure enough, "the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts" (Luke 1:80), dressed in camel's hair and eating locusts and wild honey (Mark 1:6).

Thank God today for mothers who are willing to let their children fulfill their calling from the Lord.

No man is poor who has had a godly mother.
Abraham Lincoln

Read-Thru-the-Bible
Nehemiah 13:1-Esther 10:3