Dawn Bring Light to the Darkest Night
Earlier this year, my church asked me to write a devotional for their Christmas booklet, and I wanted to share it with you. While it was an honor to write, God used it to speak to me in so many ways about trusting Him with my heart's biggest desires. Luke 1:76-79 As Luke wraps up his first chapter, we as readers already have witnessed several miracles. First, God has been silent for over 400 years, and yet, in this first chapter we see God speaking through Gabriel to Elizabeth, Mary, and now Zacharias all in relation to Jesus, the Messiah. The first chapter announces how Mary will miraculously conceive a child (whom Elizabeth recognized as the Messiah), but Zacarias and Elizabeth also have a miraculous birth. The Bible says in verse six that “They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.” What an honor to be remembered in such a way! And yet the next verse states that “Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well-