Unexpected Hope – Elizabeth

God remembers and acts.

Christmas is a time of hope, but that hope that we are supposed to have or the hope that we want to feel, leaves many of us feeling sad and wanting. For many of us, Christmas is a reminder of what could’ve been, hopes and dreams we wished for but don’t have. Elizabeth can sympathize with the person who wants to hope, who is longing for hope, looking for hope. She has hoped to have a child, but she has waited. Elizabeth is Zechariah’s wife and she has not been able to have a child, but after years of waiting in hope, her prayer is answered. Verse 25 is her prayer of hope, “The Lord has done this for me.”