DAILY READINGS: Numbers 11:4-35; Proverbs 9; 1 Peter 1
And behold thou (Zacharias) shall be dumb and not able to speak, …because thou believest not My words. Luke 1:20
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to Thy word. Luke 1:38
Time and again in Scripture the women far exceed the men in their spirituality. The words of Mary, known as the Magnificat, are some of the choicest in scripture—while poor Zacharias, although a godly man, was struck dumb with unbelief. What a debt we owe to godly women. Some of our best loved hymns, for example, were written by ladies who really knew and trusted their God. —Brian Russell
O what a happy child I am, although I cannot see;
I am resolved that in this world, contented I will be. —Fanny Crosby