Mary and Elizabeth's visitation scene. "And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." (Luke 1:6) Some stories in Scripture move quickly. Others unfold over decades. Elizabeth's story belongs to the second category. We meet her in the opening chapter of Luke's Gospel, but by then she has already lived a long life of faithfulness. She and her husband Zechariah had served God for many years. They had prayed. They

Milton, blind at mid-life, wrestled with what you and I both know: that usefulness before God is not measured by activity, but by faithfulness.He feared his light was “spent,” yet Patience reminded him — “They also serve who only stand and wait.” When we can no longer labor as before, we can still trust, pray, and shine inwardly.The same God who s