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November 20, 2024
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Nov '24
Browsing an advertisement from the “Total Wine” store I was surprised to come across a few bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon wine priced over $500 and dated 2023. Generally speaking, this kind of wine benefits from many years of aging while it mellows and deepens its flavors. Who would pay this much for a bottle that was still young? Then I remembered that some well-heeled people buy high priced wines with the intention of storing them for years. They can “afford to wait” until that wine is at its peak. What an example of patience!
Anna, a prophetess of God serving in the temple, had spent much of her 84 years of life praying for and patiently waiting for God to send a savior to his people. When Mary and Joseph bring the infant Jesus into the temple “She began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem” (Luke 2:38). Jesus had been “worth waiting for” and she had been blessed to see him.
Some of the greatest blessings in our lives may come near the end. Let us be thankful in anticipation of future blessings and in receiving them when they arrive.
Pastor Andy