Our Day 2

Busy day for my husband and I. In fact, he didn't get home until the kids' bedtime, so we'd already read Luke 1:5-25 out of the children's Bible. Looking back, I wish I would have talked to the kids a little more about anticipation -- Zechariah and Elizabeth didn't have proof that the angel was correct right away. They had to wait some time before they had evidence. And that's what our faith in Jesus is like. We live our life based on His promises. Sometimes we get proof in the form of "little miracles" along the way. But most of the time, we're just going on faith. During Advent, the promise of Christmas is still up ahead and now is the time to prepare for Jesus -- just as John the Baptist prepared the way for Him, and just as John's parents prepared for John's birth.